How to Use the Drawing Toolbar in PowerPoint

The Microsoft PowerPoint Drawing toolbar is a useful feature that you can use to quickly apply and change the style of objects in your PowerPoint presentation. With the Drawing toolbar, you can add an object such as a shape or a picture and then change the way that object looks. Follow the steps below to use the Drawing toolbar in your next PowerPoint presentation.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Microsoft PowerPoint 2003

1. Open Microsoft PowerPoint and locate the Drawing toolbar at the bottom of the screen. If you don't see the Drawing toolbar, choose the "View" menu, point to "Toolbars" and click on "Drawing" to open the Drawing toolbar.
2. Click the "Draw" button to access the Draw Toolbar menu and the "AutoShapes" button to access the AutoShapes menu. From the Draw menu, you can group, order, align and rotate objects. The AutoShapes menu lets you select and insert an AutoShape into your presentation.
3. Insert a line, arrowed line, rectangle or oval by clicking on the buttons signified by those objects. After you have clicked one of the buttons, you can then click in your presentation to insert the selected object.
4. Include a text box in your presentation by clicking the "Text Box" button, word art by clicking the "Word Art" button, a diagram or chart by clicking the "Insert Diagram or Organizational Chart" button, clip art by clicking the "Insert Clip Art" button or a picture by clicking the "Insert Picture" button.
5. Apply color to the objects you have inserted in your PowerPoint presentation by choosing the "Fill Color" button to fill an object with color, the "Line Color" button to change the color of a line or the "Font Color" button to change the color of a new or existing font.
6. Change line and arrow styles by using the "Line Style," "Dash Style" and "Arrow Style" buttons to choose and apply a line or arrow style to your presentation.
7. Add a shadow to a PowerPoint object by using the "Shadow Style" and "3-D Style" buttons.

Tips & Warnings

• Find out what the Drawing toolbar buttons are named by hovering your mouse over the button to see the screen tip that tells you the name.

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