Create, insert & edit drawings

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

Create a drawing in Google Docs

  1. On your figurer, open up a document.
  2. In the peak left, click Insertand then Cartoonand then New.
  3. Insert shapes, lines or text with the editing tools.

Create a drawing in Google Drive

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

Insert a drawing from Google Drive

Utilise the editing tools

You tin use the editing tools to add together lines, shapes, text boxes and images.

Describe a line

  1. At the top of the page, find and click Select line.
  2. Choice the blazon of line you lot want.
  3. Identify the line on your drawing:
    • Line, Elbow Connector, Curved Connector or Arrow: Click to starting time, and then drag across the canvas.
    • Curve or Polyline: Click to outset, then click at each point you want the line to bend. Double-click or consummate the shape to finish.
    • Scribble: Click to start, and then drag across the canvass.
  4. Click Select.

Draw a shape

  1. At the peak of the page, detect and click Shape.
  2. Choose the shape you want to utilise.
  3. Click and drag on the canvass to describe your shape.

Insert text

  1. At the top of the folio, click Insert.
    • To identify text straight on the canvass as a shape, click Word Fine art.
    • To identify text within a box or confined expanse, click Text Box and click where yous want to put it.
  2. Type your text and press Enter.
  3. You can select, resize and format the word fine art or text box, or apply styles similar bold or italics to the text.

Insert an image

  1. At the top of the folio, find and click Paradigm.
  2. Follow the instructions to selection or upload an image.
  3. You can move and format the image like any other shape.
    • Move the image: Elevate information technology on the canvass.
    • Resize the prototype: Drag the blue boxes at the corners.
    • Rotate the epitome: Drag the blueish dot that's exterior of the shape. Concur Shift to rotate fifteen° at a fourth dimension.
    • Change border color, line thickness, or border/line style: Use the buttons above the canvass.

Select and format shapes

  1. On your computer, open a drawing in Google Bulldoze.
  2. At the elevation of the page, discover 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: Drag the bluish boxes at the corners.
    • Rotate a line: Drag the blue dots at the corners. Lines can be rotated this mode.
    • Rotate a shape: Drag the blue dot that's outside of the shape. Hold Shift to rotate fifteen° at a fourth dimension.
    • Alter fill color, line colour, line thickness, or border/line style: Utilize the buttons higher up the canvass.
    • Put text inside a shape: Double-click an enclosed shape and start typing.

Copy a shape

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

Alter your drawing size

  1. On your computer, open a cartoon in Google Bulldoze.
  2. Become to the carte du jour and click File and then Page setup.
  3. Select a size from the dropdown menu. To cull your ain size, select Custom.

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