Create, insert & edit drawings

You lot tin can create, insert and edit drawings with Google Drawings.

Create a drawing in Google Docs

  1. On your reckoner, open a certificate.
  2. In the top left, click Insertand then Cartoonand then New.
  3. Insert shapes, lines or text with the editing tools.

Create a drawing in Google Bulldoze

  1. On your computer, open a document.
  2. In the pinnacle left, click Fileand then Newand then Drawing.
  3. Insert shapes, lines or text with the editing tools.

Insert a drawing from Google Drive

Use the editing tools

You lot can utilize the editing tools to add together lines, shapes, text boxes and images.

Draw a line

  1. At the top of the page, find and click Select line.
  2. Pick the type of line you desire.
  3. Place the line on your drawing:
    • Line, Elbow Connector, Curved Connector or Pointer: Click to commencement, and so drag across the canvas.
    • Curve or Polyline: Click to beginning, then click at each point yous desire the line to bend. Double-click or consummate the shape to finish.
    • Scribble: Click to start, then elevate across the canvas.
  4. Click Select.

Draw a shape

  1. At the top of the page, observe and click Shape.
  2. Choose the shape yous want to use.
  3. Click and drag on the canvas to draw your shape.

Insert text

  1. At the elevation of the page, click Insert.
    • To identify text directly on the canvas as a shape, click Give-and-take Art.
    • To place text inside a box or confined expanse, click Text Box and click where you desire to put information technology.
  2. Type your text and printing Enter.
  3. You can select, resize and format the word art or text box, or apply styles like bold or italics to the text.

Insert an image

  1. At the top of the page, find and click Image.
  2. Follow the instructions to pick or upload an paradigm.
  3. Y'all can move and format the paradigm like any other shape.
    • Move the image: Drag information technology on the canvas.
    • Resize the paradigm: Elevate the blueish boxes at the corners.
    • Rotate the paradigm: Drag the bluish dot that's outside of the shape. Hold Shift to rotate xv° at a fourth dimension.
    • Change edge color, line thickness, or edge/line way: Use the buttons above the canvas.

Select and format shapes

  1. On your calculator, open a drawing in Google Drive.
  2. At the acme of the page, find and click Select.
  3. On the canvas, click the shape, line, or text box you want to change.
    • Move a shape: Drag it on the canvas.
    • Resize a shape: Elevate the blue boxes at the corners.
    • Rotate a line: Elevate the bluish dots at the corners. Lines can exist rotated this mode.
    • Rotate a shape: Drag the bluish dot that'south exterior of the shape. Hold Shift to rotate 15° at a time.
    • Change make full color, line color, line thickness, or border/line style: Utilise the buttons in a higher place the canvas.
    • Put text inside a shape: Double-click an enclosed shape and offset typing.

Copy a shape

To re-create a shape, hold Option (on Macs) or Ctrl (on Windows) and elevate the copy to a new location.

Change your drawing size

  1. On your computer, open a drawing in Google Bulldoze.
  2. Go to the carte and click File and then Page setup.
  3. Select a size from the dropdown menu. To cull your own size, select Custom.

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