google docs drawing board

zumstein22141 April 18, 2023 Comment

Google Docs is well-known for being a comprehensive text editor, but it also provides some basic, built-in drawing tools that allow users to create basic designs in their documents and give them that special touch.

Note: Google Docs’ drawing capabilities aren’t available for the iOS or Android Google Docs app. You can view drawings in the app, but to create them, you’ll need to use the desktop browser.

Accessing Google Docs’ drawing feature isn’t as obvious as, say, Microsoft PowerPoint’s, which has all of the drawing tools in the ribbon. To access Google Doc’s drawing tools, click “Insert” on the menu bar, hover your cursor over “Drawing” in the drop-down menu, and then click “New” in the sub-menu.

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Once selected, the Drawing window will appear. The drawing tools are found in the menu bar, which include, from left to right:

The process for using the drawing tools is more or less the same. Select which tool you’d like to use, and then click and drag your cursor across the drawing board to create your shape or image. The following video demonstrates how to use the Lines, Shape, and Text tools, as well as rotate a shape from the Actions tool.

When you want to insert an image, you’ll need to choose which location to pull the image from. Google Docs lets you use an image from your local machine:

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Depending on what you insert into the drawing, different formating tools will appear. For example, if you insert a text box, several text formatting tools will appear which allow you to bold, italicize, underline, change or resize the font, and so on.

Similarly, by adding shapes or lines, you can adjust the color, weight, and dashes, as well as depict the start and endpoints of the lines. To draw a line or shape, select it from the menu bar and then click and drag your cursor on the drawing screen.

Once you’ve created your drawing, you can insert it into your Google Docs document. To do so, click the blue “Save and Close” button in the top-right corner of the Drawing screen.

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That’s all there is to it. The drawing tools are pretty basic in Google Docs. If you find yourself needing a tool that Docs doesn’t provide, consider using a Microsoft app, such as Word or even OneNote, instead.

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Google makes it easy to get artistic with Google Docs, giving you a few options to add your own personal drawings in any document.

There are two ways to draw in Google Docs. You can either insert a drawing into an open Google Doc or create a drawing in Google Drive using Google Drawings.

We are going to focus on the first method — drawing into a Google Doc directly — but keep in mind that you can create an image in Google Drawings and then later upload that same drawing into aGoogle Doc.

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1. Log into Google Drive and open your Google Doc. If you're creating a new Google Doc, click on the "+ New" button followed by "Google Docs."

In the "Insert" sub-menu, allow your cursor to hover over "Drawing" until "+ New" appears, then click on "+ New." Chrissy Montelli/Business Insider

3. A checkered window will pop up; this is, essentially, your digital sketchbook. It includes a toolbar that allows you to perform several functions, such as draw lines and shapes, insert images, alter colors, or create text boxes.

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4. Select your preferred tool by clicking on it, then click and drag the tool across the workspace to draw with it.

Chrissy Montelli is a writer and content creator originally from Long Island, NY. She is the author of two poetry chapbooks, Heart Float(Bottlecap Press) andGoing to Ithaca(Ghost City Press), as well as various online publications. Read more from her atchrissymontelli.wordpress.com.

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