Create, insert & edit drawings

You can produce, insert and cut drawings with Google Drawings.

Create a drawing in Google Docs

  1. On your electronic computer, open a document.
  2. In the top left, click Insertand then Drawingand then New.
  3. Enclose shapes, lines or textual matter with the editing tools.

Create a lottery in Google Drive

  1. Connected your computer, open a text file.
  2. In the top left, click Fileand then Newand then Drawing.
  3. Insert shapes, lines or text with the editing tools.

Insert a drawing from Google Drive

Use up the redaction tools

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

Lot a line

  1. At the top of the page, find and click Select line.
  2. Pick the type of origin you want.
  3. Place the line on your drawing:
    • Line, Human elbow Connector, Curved Connecter or Arrow: Click to get, then drag across the analyse.
    • Curve operating room Polyline: Click to start, so click at all point you desire the line to bend. Double-click or complete the shape to polish off.
    • Scribble: Click to start, and so drag across the canvas.
  4. Click Pick out.

Draw a shape

  1. At the top of the page, find and clack Shape.
  2. Choose the shape you want to use.
  3. Click and drag the canvas to draw your shape.

Insert textbook

  1. At the top of the foliate, click Insert.
    • To place text directly connected the canvas every bit a shape, click Word Art.
    • To place text inside a box or confined area, click Textbook Boxful and click where you want to put information technology.
  2. Type your text and press Enter.
  3. You posterior select, resize and format the word prowess or text box, or apply styles like bold or italics to the schoolbook.

Insert an image

  1. At the top of the page, find and click Image.
  2. Follow the instructions to pick or upload an image.
  3. You sack movement and format the visualise the likes of whatsoever other shape.
    • Displace the image: Trail it on the canvas.
    • Resize the image: Drag the blue boxes at the corners.
    • Rotate the double: Drag the blue dot that's outside of the shape. Hold Stir to rotate 15° at a time.
    • Change border color, line thickness, or border/line panach: Use the buttons above the canvas.

Select and format shapes

  1. Connected your figurer, open a draft in Google Drive.
  2. At the top of the page, regain and suction stop Prize.
  3. On the canvas, click the shape, line, or school tex package you want to change.
    • Motivate a forge: Drag information technology on the canvas.
    • Resize a shape: Haul the blue boxes at the corners.
    • Rotate a describe: Drag the blue dots at the corners. Lines can be turned this path.
    • Rotate a shape: Tangle the downhearted dot that's outside of the shape. Hold Shift to rotate 15° at a time.
    • Change take color, line color, argumentation heaviness, or border/line style: Use the buttons above the canvas.
    • Put text edition inside a conformation: Doubled-detent an enclosed work and start typing.

Copy a shape

To copy a SHAPE, hold Alternative (along Macs) or Ctrl (on Windows) and drag the copy to a new locating.

Change your drawing size

  1. On your computer, open a drawing in Google Drive.
  2. Go to the menu and click File and then Paginate setup.
  3. Select a size from the dropdown menu. To choose your own size, select Usance.

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