Drawing Objects

Many of the tools on the Drawing toolbar let you draw objects—lines or shapes—in worksheet or chart windows. Excel lets you draw lines, rectangles, squares, ovals, circles, shapes (including complex AutoShapes), and text boxes. Objects you draw can be selected, resized, moved, or copied at any time.

To draw a line or arrow

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Click the appropriate button on the Drawing toolbar's Lines pop-up menu (Figure 4) to select it:
  • Line draws straight lines. (The Line tool also has a button on the Drawing toolbar.)

  • Arrow draws straight lines ...

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