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To draw a circle, press Shift while you drag. You can change the look of your circle or curve by adding a shape fill or effect or changing the border. If you want to create a more advanced diagram like overlapping circles, an organizational chart, or a flowchart, you can create a SmartArt graphic instead of drawing each shape manually.
You can draw shapes in Office by using the freeform Shape and Scribble tools. You can customize the look of a standard shape by using edit points.
Select Insert > Shapes. Select the shape you want to add. Click and drag to draw it. To create a perfect square or circle, press and hold the Shift key while you drag. To resize the shape, drag one of the control handles on the corners or sides. To rotate it, drag the rotation handle at the top.
A Venn diagram uses overlapping circles to illustrate the similarities, differences, and relationships between concepts, ideas, categories, or groups. Similarities between groups are represented in the overlapping portions of the circles, while differences are represented in the non-overlapping portions of the circles.
With your mouse, pen, or finger, drag to draw a circle around the part of the drawing or word that you want to select. A faded, dashed selection region appears around it, and when you're done, the portion you lassoed is selected.
With Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, or Excel, you can easily change the outline of a photo by turning it into a shape like a circle or a rounded rectangle. The Crop to Shape feature provides options for cropping an image to a specific shape or starting with a shape and then inserting an image within it.
You can use WordArt with a Transform text effect to curve or bend text around a shape. If you want the text to circle the shape, you can also do this, but it’s a little bit more work. You can also insert WordArt multiple times to wrap text around shapes with straight edges. Go to Insert > WordArt, and pick the WordArt style you want.
You can add shapes, such as boxes, circles, and arrows, to your documents, email messages, slide shows, and spreadsheets. On the Insert tab, select Shapes. Select a shape from the gallery, and then click and drag to draw the shape.
Video: Draw shapes. Video: Format shapes. Draw a shape. Wrap text around a circle or other shape. Group or ungroup shapes, pictures, or other objects. Crop a picture to fit in a shape. Draw a picture by combining and merging shapes. SmartArt. Insert WordArt. Create a flow chart with SmartArt. Create a SmartArt graphic. Learn about SmartArt graphics
Draw or copy lines with and without connection points, add or edit arrows, or delete lines.
You can use WordArt with a Transform text effect to curve or bend text around a shape. If you want the text to circle the shape, you can also do this, but it’s a little bit more work. You can also insert WordArt multiple times to wrap text around shapes with straight edges. Go to Insert > WordArt, and pick the WordArt style you want.