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You already know that Word 2016 provides different formatting tools to format the content
of documents.
In Word, you can also work with graphics. There are three basic types of graphics—Shapes,
WordArt and Pictures. You can format the graphics with colours, patterns, borders, and
other effects.
Shapes
Word comes with a set of ready-made shapes that you can use in your document. You can
resize, rotate, flip, colour, and combine the shapes with other shapes to make more complex
shapes. The Shapes command on the Insert tab contains several categories of shapes
including Lines, Basic Shapes, Flowchart, Stars and Banners and Callouts.
To draw a shape from the Shapes command, follow the given steps:
1 Click on the Insert tab. 2 Click on the Shapes command.
3 Select any shape from the available shapes.
4 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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