Absolute Beginner's Guide to WordPerfect® 12

Inserting Shapes

Are you ready to become your own artist? Okay, maybe not, but at least you can create your own graphic shapes—such as boxes, circles, stars, arrows, or even smiley faces—and insert them into your documents.

There are several ways to access the graphic shape tools, but perhaps the easiest is to click the drop-down menu on the Draw Combined Shapes button on the toolbar. WordPerfect then displays a palette of choices (see Figure 12.27), which include several line styles, closed objects, and callout styles. By default, this button shows a diagonal line, but after you insert a shape, the picture on the button changes to the shape you ...