A few tricks to take you beyond the basics of Microsoft Office 2007

1. A few tricks to take you beyond the basics of Microsoft Office 2007 GCPS Tech Tips Microsoft Office 2007: Scribble a Simple Drawing

2. OFFICE 2007: Scribble a Simple Drawing You can make some diagrams and drawings using the pre-set shapes on the “Drawing” toolbar. But what if you need to do a simple drawing that doesn’t resemble squares, ovals, or straight lines?

3. OFFICE 2007: Scribble a Simple Drawing The Microsoft’s Scribble tool will let you draw any shape with the simple movement of your mouse.

4. OFFICE 2007: Scribble a Simple Drawing First, make sure the “Drawing” toolbar is available to you. To do that, go to your ribbon at the top of your screen and click on “Insert.”

5. OFFICE 2007: Scribble a Simple Drawing Within the Illustrations box, click on “Shapes”

6. OFFICE 2007: Scribble a Simple Drawing Click on the “Scribble” icon that looks like a squiggly line.

7. OFFICE 2007: Scribble a Simple Drawing That will change your pointer to a cross bar.

8. OFFICE 2007: Scribble a Simple Drawing Then, when you click the left button on your mouse and hold it down, your cursor will change into a pencil that you can drag around your screen to draw simple pictures.

9. OFFICE 2007: Scribble a Simple Drawing You will notice that a 9th tab has now appeared on your ribbon entitled “Format” which contains all of your drawing tools.

10. OFFICE 2007: Scribble a Simple Drawing Then just click on the “Scribble” icon again (now located in the far left of the ribbon to continue making freehand shapes.

11. OFFICE 2007: Scribble a Simple Drawing ... you can repeat the process to draw your next line.

12. OFFICE 2007: Scribble a Simple Drawing And then you can use the “Drawing” toolbar to fill in colors and words.

13. OFFICE 2007: Scribble a Simple Drawing That’s all there is to it. Now, if you would like a copy of the step-by-step directions for Scribbling a Simple Drawing, just print this last page. Have fun Scribbling!