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SHAPES

                  Word 2016 has a set of built-in shapes that you can use in your documents. You can resize,
                  rotate, flip, and add colour in shapes. The Shapes command contains several categories of
                  shapes, like Lines, Rectangles, Basic Shapes, Block Arrows, Flowchart, Stars and Banners, and
                  Callouts.

                       Drawing a Shape

                  To draw a shape from the Shapes menu, follow the given steps:
                  Step 1:  Click on the Insert tab.

                  Step 2:   Click on the Shapes command in the Illustrations group. A drop-down list appears
                           with all the shapes that you can insert in your document.

                  Step 3:  Select any shape from the available shapes.
                  Step 4:   Click and drag the pointer in the document area to draw the selected shape and
                           release the mouse button when the shape is of the desired size.

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                       Inserting Text in a Shape

                  You can also insert text in the shape. To do so,  follow these steps:
                  Step 1:   Right-click inside the shape. A sub-menu appears.

                  Step 2:  Select Add Text option. The cursor will appear inside the shape.
                  Step 3:   Type  the  text  and then click  anywhere on the  screen  outside  the  shape.  The text
                           appears in the shape.







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