Word allows you to draw onto a Word document without constraints. With your drawing pen tool selected and configured, you can begin drawing onto your Word document directly. You can edit these in the future by hovering over a pen design and press the arrow icon in the bottom-left corner. From here, you can set the thickness and color of the pen tool, with a preview of the pen design at the top. This will add a new pen design to the Pens category, with a settings drop-down menu. Alternatively, you can create your own by pressing the Add Pen button and selecting one of the tools listed in the drop-down menu. Several pre-set colors and designs are available already in the Pens category-select one of these to begin drawing. The Highlighter tool can be used for emphasis, adding color to your drawings. The Pen tool is the opposite-lines are clearer, thicker, and more defined.
There are three drawing pens available- Pencil, Pen, and Highlighter.Īs you’d expect, using the Pencil tool inserts a finer, less precise drawing line to your document. Press Draw with Touch to begin drawing with one of the pen tools, Eraser to switch to the eraser tool, or Select to select your drawings as objects to move, copy, or delete them.Ī list of available pens to draw with is shown under the Pens category. Three drawing options are available under the Tools section. This will display the pen drawing tool options for you to use. To start, press the Draw tab on the ribbon bar. You can do this using a mouse or trackpad, or more precisely, using a touchscreen device or graphics tablet. If you want to create more original Word drawings, you can use various pen drawing tools to draw onto a Word document. You can also change the color and style of your shape, as well as the position and alignment of any inserted text, using the options listed in the Format tab. From here, you can format your shape.įor instance, add text to your shape and begin typing with the shape selected–the text will be inserted inside the shape. With the shape inserted and selected, Word will switch to the Format tab on the ribbon bar. This allows you to select the appropriate size for your shape. Once this happens, draw onto your Word document directly to insert the shape or line you selected. Press on one of the pre-set shapes or line options to select it-your cursor will change at this point. This will list the various shape options in a drop-down menu for you to choose from. To insert a shape, press the Insert tab on the ribbon bar, then press the Shapes button. You can draw typical shapes like squares or circles or insert arrows, stars, speech bubbles, and more. There are hundreds of pre-set shapes available. If you’re not confident of your freehand drawing ability, or you want to create diagrams in Word, you can insert shapes. For freehand drawings, press the Draw tab instead. To insert shapes, you’ll need to press the Insert tab on the ribbon bar. If you have a touchscreen device or a graphics tablet, you can create freehand drawings. You might want to do this if you’re creating a diagram or flow chart, for instance.Īlternatively, you can turn Word into your own personal canvas using pen drawing tools. If you want to draw basic, block-like images, you can insert shapes or lines into your Word document and group them together. There are two sets of drawing tools available to Microsoft Word users. While the steps may work for older versions of Word, there may be some variations or missing features. Note that Microsoft 365 (formerly O365) is the Office suite with 1 TB of OneDrive per user. These instructions have been designed with Microsoft Office 2019 in mind. If you want to draw in Microsoft Word, here’s what you’ll need to do. For simple drawings, you can draw in Word directly using shapes, lines, or pen tools.