Adding text EasyShapes are especially useful because they can contain text. Many are designed with “padding” (space) between the text and the object outlines. Text wraps inside these EasyShapes without touching the edges. If you use EasyShapes to create things like organizational charts and process diagrams, you don’t have to create separate text objects to enter text into your diagrams. Ways to enter and edit text in EasyShapes are described later in this section. Smart editing Some EasyShapes have “smart” edit modes. For example, an EasyShapes arrow can be edited by dragging handles that adjust the size and shape of the arrow head and arrow body. An EasyShapes “thought balloon” has a handle that extends the balloon without dis- torting the overall shape. To draw EasyShapes 1 Select an EasyShapes tool. To display the tools, open the Object Tools toolbar, then open the EasyShapes toolbar to select an EasyShapes tool. Some EasyShapes are contained in toolbars that pop out from the main EasyShapes toolbar. Note: You can drag an EasyShapes toolbar away from the toolbox to make it a floating palette. You can dock these palettes on the Dock- ing bar. 2 Place the pointer in the document where you want to begin drawing and drag diagonally. As you drag, you define a bounding box for the object. 3 The new object appears with the current fill ink, pen ink, and stroke properties, and is selected. You can select EasyShapes toolbars from the main EasyShapes toolbar in the Object Tools toolbar EasyShapes tool
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