Create AutoShapes

The AutoShapes menu on the Drawing toolbar gives you access to a number of useful shapes, including lines, arrows, stars, banners, and shapes for creating flowcharts. After you draw an AutoShape, you can type text in it.

What is a callout?   The preceding illustration is an example of a callout. Callouts are special AutoShapes into which you can add text. They include a movable pointer, and you can drag the end of it to an object or to a piece of information you want to emphasize. Use special handles   Many AutoShapes have adjustment handles you can use to adjust a unique aspect of the shape.

What Are Connectors For?

Want to draw a line between two objects that “sticks” to the objects? On the Drawing toolbar, click Connectors (AutoShapes menu). You can drag connected objects around, and the connector line stays attached to the anchor point on each object and is adjusted automatically.