Thursday, October 6, 2016
Using Curve Tool in MS Word
Using Curve Tool in MS Word
Most of you may think that MS Word has no free drawing tool like Photoshop or Illustrator. But youre wrong! Word has also a free drawing tool named curve which you can use just like Photoshop Pencil Tool. With curve tool, you can draw shapes freely.
Applies to:
- Word 2007
- Word 2010
- Word 2013
Where do I find Curve Tool?
In fact, Word doesnt consider curve as a tool. Though its a drawing tool, Word names it as a shape. You will find the curve in the Shapes.
Insert Tab > Illustration Section > Shapes > Curve 
.
. How to Use it?
Its very handy to use the curve tool. To use the tool, run MS Word. Then choose curve from the shapes.
- After choosing the curve tool, click anywhere of your document to start drawing.
- Move your mouse to the left, right or top from the starting point.
- Click left mouse button where you wanna turn around.
- If you would like to stop drawing and keep the shape open, simply click twice.
- If you wanna keep the shape close, simply click on the starting point.
How to Edit the Shape?
You can also edit the shape made by curve tool. After drawing the shape, if you think that you need to change the shape a little, you can edit the points of that shape.
While drawing the shape, you clicked mouse several times. Those clicks are shape points. If you would like to edit the shape points, right click on that shape and choose Edit Points 
option.
Now you will see the points. Click on the points and adjust them by dragging.
Designing the Shape
After creating the shape, you can design it like other shapes. You can choose different fill color, outline or give it special effect from the Format tab.
Curve is also Available for -
option. Now you will see the points. Click on the points and adjust them by dragging.
Designing the Shape
After creating the shape, you can design it like other shapes. You can choose different fill color, outline or give it special effect from the Format tab.
Curve is also Available for -
- Excel: Insert > Illustration > Shapes > Curve
- PowerPoint: Insert > Shapes > Curve
- Outlook: Insert > Shapes > Curve
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