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Table of Contents
Drawings in the classroom
Creating a new drawing
Revision history
Editing Drawings
Menu Overview
Toolbar Buttons
Adding images to your drawing
Snap to guides
Polylines
Lines, arrows, and scribbles
Keyboard modifiers
Line connectors
Formatting Drawings
Moving, resizing and rotating objects
Formatting your drawings
Using text in drawings
Paint format tool
Comments and Discussions in Drawings
Inserting Comments in a Drawing
Working with Comments
Discussions
Notification settings
Using the Research Tool in Drawings
Web results
Images
Quotations
Article citations
Places
Dictionary
Choosing your citation format
Reporting content in Research
Using Drawings with Docs, Sheets, and Slides
Drawings in the classroom
With Google D rawings, you can create and collaborate on flow charts, design diagrams, and other types of drawings. You can also chat with other editors from within Google drawings, publish drawings as images, comment on images, or download drawings to your computer.
Mind maps
Graphical organizers
Labelling Activities
Timelines
Creating a new drawing
There are a number of ways to get started on a new Drawing in Google Docs.
Start in the Doc uments List
To get started on a new drawing go to your Docs list, click Create new and select Drawings 
Alternately, you can begin a new drawing from inside an existing document by going to File > New > Drawing
You can also find user submitted templates for drawings in the public Template Gallery and in the gallery for your Apps for Education domain, if your domain administrator has enabled that feature .
Revision history
Likes Docs and Spreadsheets, Google Drawings has a revision history pane that allows you to view at a glance all changes made to a doc by each collaborator. To access revision history in Google documents, drawings, and spreadsheets, follow these steps:
- Select File > See revision history .
- Click a time stamp in the right column to see what changes were made at a given time or use the arrow keys to scan through many revisions quickly.
- If you'd like to revert to the version you're currently viewing, click Restore this revision . Note : Restoring your document to a previous version does not eliminate any versions of your document. Rather this version moves to the top of your revision history, maintaining all previous versions of your document, including the current version.
- If you'd like to return to the the current version of your document to continue editing, click the X in the upper right of the 'Document History' pane.
For all Google D rive document types, revisions are grouped into short time periods to make it easier to see the full history of changes. If you want to see more fine-grained revisions, click the Show more detailed revisions button in the lower right of your document.
Editing Drawings
The menu options and the buttons in the Drawing toolbar provide users with the ability to create flow charts, design diagrams, and other types of drawings.
Menu Overview
Edit
Click this drop-down menu to cut, copy, paste, delete, duplicate, and select all shapes/images on a drawing .
Insert
Use this menu to insert text bo xes, images, links, Word Art, lines, and shapes . You can also click the individual buttons in the toolbar to do this.
Once you select an option, follow these instructions:
- Text box: Click where you'd like to add the text box, enter your text, and press Enter. Your text will be added to your drawing. Use text boxes instead of word art if you'd like to use word wrap or specify a different text size. Learn more about using text in Google drawings .
- Image: Enter a URL of an image or do an image search to find what you're looking for, and click Select. Learn more about adding images to your drawing .
- Link: Insert a link to a web or email address.
- Word art: After selecting this option, type your text and press Enter. All of the shape editing options are available with word art, so you can rotate, choose fill and line color, and change line width.
- Line: There are a number of line options including straight lines, arrows, curved lines, polylines, arcs, and scribbles.
- Shape: Select this menu item, then choose from shapes, arrows, callouts or equations.
Format
Click this menu to change the background of your drawing, align and rotate items, select snap to grid or snap to guide, change the order of the items (for example, bring a shape forward), and group items. Learn more about formatting your drawings .
Toolbar Buttons
Undo or redo changes
You can undo and redo changes by clicking the two arrows to the left side end of the toolbar.
Zoom in and out
To zoom in and out on your drawings, click the Zoom button (the magnifying glass) in the toolbar.
Shapes
Select a shape from the Shape menu in the toolbar.
Then, click anywhere in Google drawings to insert the shape in the default size, or drag your mouse to change the size of the shape.
Fill color, line color, line width, edit text, bold, and more
These and other editing options are available only when you've selected a specific item. For example, when you insert a text box or word art, you'll see the Edit text button at the right end of the toolbar. Click it to change the selected text.
Note: To duplicate a shape, just hold the Ctrl key (Command key for Macs) while dragging the shape.
Adding images to your drawing
To insert an image into your drawing, follow these steps:
- Click Insert > Image... , or click the Image button in the toolbar.
- In the window that appears, you can choose one of these options:
- Click Upload and navigate to the image from your hard drive that you'd like to insert. Choose this option for images you have stored on your computer.
- Click Take a Snapshot to use your webcam to take a picture and insert it into the drawing.
- Click URL and paste the web address of the image you'd like to insert. Choose this option if you already have an image you'd like to add.
- Click Albums to access image files you have uploaded to Picasa on the web.
- Click Google Drive and the subfolders to insert an image from your Google Drive documents.
- Click Search
Search Google images. T ype a word and click Search images . Once you find a result you like, click the image. Keep in mind that there are specific usage rights that apply . Select only images that you've confirmed you can use legally in your intended context, and make sure you include appropriate attribution if necessary. Cli
Click Stock Images to search for images in a free, stock photo archive. 
- Click Select .
Pro tip: If you're using the latest version of Chrome, Safari, or Firefox, you also have the option of dragging an image from your desktop and drop it directly in the drawing canvas.
After inserting the image into your drawing, you can add scribbles, shapes, lines, arrows, and text boxes on top of the image.
You can resize the image by dragging one of the resize (white) handles, and the image will expand and contract with your cursor's movement. Images can be resized to scale by holding the Shift key while dragging a corner resize handle. To flip an image, click Arrange -> Rotate , and select one of the options available. Alternately, you can right click on an image and then select Rotate from the menu that appears.
Snap to guides
Snap to guides allows you to align objects with the drawings canvas and other objects. With this option enabled, guides appear whenever you move an object into alignment with the border of another object. These guides also appear when you move an object to the horizontal or vertical center of the drawings canvas.
To enable snap to guides, right-click in the drawings canvas and select Snap to guides, or click Format > Snap to guides .
You can quickly move, drag, resize and rotate objects using keyboard modifiers when performing other actions.
Polylines
Polylines are continuous lines composed of multiple segments. To create them, click the Polyline button from your drawings toolbar, to the left of the Shapes button.
After drawing a segment of your polyline, click to end the segment and begin your next segment. If you want to cancel the last segment and go back to selection mode, press Escape on your keyboard. When you've finished, connect the endpoint of your last line segment with the origin point of your polyline to create an enclosed shape. Alternatively, click near the endpoint of your last line segment to complete the shape.
When you're done drawing the polyline, you remain in polyline mode so you can immediately draw another one. Press Escape to return to selection mode.
If you'd like to rearrange the vertices, double-click the polyline.
Lines, arrows, and scribbles
Lines, arrows, and scribbles are continuous lines composed of one segment. To create them, click Lines button to the left of the Shapes button.
After choosing which object you'd like to draw, position your mouse and click in the drawing canvas where you'd like the object to begin, move your mouse to draw, and then click to end the segment.
After you have finished drawing, you can click in the canvas again to start drawing another line of that type. If you're done, you can press the Esc key or select another tool to deselect your object.
When you have a line, arrow, or scribble selected, three buttons appear toward the end of the toolbar that allow you to change the style of the line or the endpoints. Click the buttons and select an option from the drop-down menus to apply that style to your object.
Scribble
Click to choose your start point, and drag to create the scribble. It will be automatically smoothed out once you've finished.
Arcs
You can also create arc lines in your drawing by selecting arc and then drawing your points. Like the other types of lines, the weight and color can be increased or changed.
Keyboard modifiers
If you love shortcuts, then you'll love the keyboard modifiers in Drawings. There are many useful features available if you use keyboard modifiers when performing other actions. Here are some examples:
Moving or dragging
- Turn off guides or snap to grid and smoothly drag your object: hold the Alt key ( Option key if using Mac) while dragging an object.
- Restrict to vertical or horizontal dragging: hold the Shift key while dragging.
- Nudge an object in 1 pixel increments: hold the Shift key while moving an object with the arrow keys.
- Create a duplicate of an object while leaving the original in place: hold the Ctrl key while moving an object.
Resizing
- Preserve an object's aspect ratio while resizing: hold the Shift key while resizing an object.
Rotating
- Rotate in 15 degree increments: hold the Shift key while rotating an object.
Line connectors
Connectors are special lines that stay "glued" to shapes. When you move or rotate shapes that have connectors between them, the lines attached will move and stretch with them so the shapes stay connected.
- Click on the shape tool or go to Insert > Shape to select an object to insert into your drawing.
- If you want to use two of the same shape, select the shape, right click + Copy, right click + Paste it into your drawing.
- Click on the line or arrow tool.
- Hover your cursor over a shape, and red connection points will appear.
- Click on the red connection point that you want your line to connect, and drag your cursor to another connection point on a second shape before releasing.
Formatting Drawings
Moving, resizing and rotating objects
To move, resize and rotate an object, simply click the object you'd like to change. You'll see a green rotate handle, white resize handles, and yellow adjustment handles (where applicable).
Moving objects
Click any object to select it, then drag it with your mouse or arrow keys. You can hold the Shift key while dragging to constrain the movement to the nearest horizontal or vertical axis. You can hold the Shift key while moving with the keyboard to move the object by one pixel.
Snap to Guides is enabled by default in the full editor. Snap to grid is enabled by default in the embedded editor.
The option Snap to grid allows objects to automatically align to an invisible grid or to other objects when moved, resized, or inserted. Click View > Snap to grid to disable this option, or hold down the Alt key to temporarily disable it.
Resizing objects
Drag one of the resize (white) handles, and the object will expand and contract with your cursor's movement.
Objects can be resized to scale by holding the Shift key while dragging a corner resize handle. To flip an object, drag a resize handle to the opposite side.
Reshaping objects
Objects that can be reshaped will include yellow handles. Drag the adjustment handle(s) to change the appearance of your object.
Rotating objects
Drag the rotate (green) handle to rotate the object. Hold the Shift key while rotating to constrain the rotation to 15 degree increments.
Right-click an object and select Rotate to rotate objects at 90 degree increments and flip them horizontally or vertically.
To move, resize or rotate multiple objects at the same time, hold down the Shift key while you click each object. You can also drag your mouse in the drawing background to select multiple shapes.
If you're in the process of manipulating an object and change your mind, you can cancel any action by pressing the Esc key prior to releasing the mouse button.
See more details about keyboard modifiers .
Formatting your drawings
After inserting shapes, you can format them using the buttons in the toolbar. When you select a shape, the Fill color , Line color , Line width , and Dashes buttons appear. 
Here are some ways to format your drawings:
- Adjust the color of a shape: Click the Fill color button and choose the color you'd like to use.
- Increase or decrease transparency: Click the Fill color > Custom color and drag the opacity selector at the far right of the menu. Dragging down increases an object's transparency, while dragging up decreases transparency.
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Using text in drawings
There are three ways to use text in your drawings:
Insert text boxes
- Click the Text box button in the toolbar or select Insert > Text box .
- Click in the canvas to create a default size text box, or drag the text box to resize it.
- Type your text, press Enter, and the text appears in the text box. You can modify the text by double-clicking the shape or by right-clicking and selecting Edit text... .
You can format text boxes like you would any other shape .
Add text within shapes
- Double-click the shape, (you can also right-click it and select Edit text...)
- Type your text, press Enter, and the text appears in the shape. You can modify the text by double-clicking the shape or by right-clicking and selecting Edit text... .
Add word art
- Click the Insert menu and then select Word Art .
- Type your text and press Enter. Your word art will be added to the drawing canvas and you can format it like you would any other shape.
Formatting text in text boxes and shapes
When you select a text box or shape with text in it, the Bold , Italic , Text color , Align , and Font size toolbar items appear. You can apply these styles to the entire text within the shape.
Formatting word art
When you select a word art shape, the Bold , Italic , and Font toolbar items appear. You can apply these styles to the entire shape, as well as use the standard shape formatting options to set fill and border styles.
Change the size of your shape by resizing it directly, and keep in mind that pressing Shift while resizing will preserve the text's aspect ratio.
Note : word art scales text as you resize, while text within shapes wraps without resizing as you change the size of the shape.
Paint format tool
Google Drawings lets you copy the formatting you've applied to specific object to another object using the Paint Format tool. If you're familiar with the Paint Format tool in Google Sheets , this works in a similar manner.
With the Paint Format tool, you can copy a shape or object's background and line style. With a text box, you can use the Paint Format tool to replicate the text formatting.
To paint a format to a specific shape, line, or text box, follow these steps:
- Select the source object from which you'd like to copy the formatting.
- Next, select the Paint Format icon from the Drawings toolbar. After you've pressed the icon button, your drawing will remain in Paint Format mode until you click the icon button again or finish copying over an object's formatting.
- Last, select the target object, and notice the formatting adjust to match the source object.
Comments and Discussions in Drawings
Comments let you have a conversation about something you're working on. Comment threads, called discussions, help you keep track of comments, address your comments to specific people, and respond to and follow comments from your email inbox.
Inserting Comments in a Drawing
Comments are a handy way of adding notes to your Drawings that are visible to viewers and collaborators. These can be invaluable for communicating with collaborators about specific parts of the drawing, as well as making notes about changes you've made or would like to make.
To add a comment, follow these instructions:
- Highlight or select the text, object, or shape you'd like to comment on.
- From the Insert menu, select Comment . You can also use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Alt + M ( Cmd + Option + M on a Mac) to insert a comment. You can also right click on a shape or text box and then select Comment .
- Type your comment in the box that appears to the right of the document.
If you'd like to address your comment to a specific person, type a plus sign followed by their email address, like this: +johndoe@google.com. That person will receive an email with your comment.
Working with Comments
After inserting a comment, there are two main places you can work with it — within the yellow comment box, or from within the discussions thread, which you can access by clicking the Comments button in the top right-hand corner of your browser window.
You can reply to a comment with a new post, edit or delete a previous comment you've inserted, and resolve the discussion when you're ready to remove it. Resolving a discussion removes the discussion from your drawing, but resolved threads will always be available under Comments in the right-hand corner of your document.
Your profile photo (the picture you use in Gmail or on your Google+ profile ) will be displayed with your comments.
Discussions
From the discussion thread, you can review all discussions, including those discussions that have been resolved. From this menu, you can also change the notification settings for discussions.
Sometimes it can be tedious to have to scan through all the comments you and your collaborators have made on an item. If you open the discussion thread with the Comments button, you can keep track of all of an item's discussions, including those that have already been resolved. In this view, you can also make comments about the entire drawing.
Notification settings
You can control your discussion notifications. Under Comments in the upper right-hand corner of your document, select Notifications settings . A dialog will open, and you can select if you'd like to receive email notifications. If you opt to receive email notifications, you can also select what type of notifications you'd like to receive.
Using the Research Tool in Drawings
The Research tool makes it easy to add information from the web to your documents and presentations. To access the tool:
- Select the Research option from the Tools menu.
- Use the keyboard shortcut ( Ctrl + Cmd + I on Mac, Ctrl + Alt + I on PC).
- Right-click on a specific word and select Research.
The Research tool will appear along the right-hand side of your drawing. You can start a search by typing into the search bar. You can narrow your search to specific types of results (e.g. images, quotations) by using the drop-down menu in the search bar.
Researching different types of information relevant to your document or presentation
When conducting a search, the Research tool will show you different types of results — web results, images, quotations, maps, reviews, personal results, and more.
Use the back arrow to the left of the search bar to return to the previous page of your search results and the forward arrow to move forward in your search results.
Follow the instructions below to explore search results relevant to your document or presentation.
Web results
Under the web results category, you'll find a number of websites related to your search. If you select one of these results, you'll see several options:
- Select Preview to see a preview of the website. Click on the site link at the top of the preview pane to open this page in a separate window, or click the arrow on the left edge to close the preview.
- Select Insert link to add a link to the website into the body of your document.
- Select Cite to create a footnote citation of this web result within the body of your document.
Images
Images will appear in the general search, as well as an image search. Narrow your search results to only images by selecting "Images" from the drop-down menu in the search bar.
Quotations
Narrow your search results to only quotations by selecting "Quotes" from the drop-down menu in the search bar. Once you have selected the quotation you'd like to use in your document, click Insert to add it to your drawing.
Article citations
Narrow your search results to only articles by selecting "Scholar" from the drop-down menu in the search bar. Once you have selected an article you'd like to read or reference, click on that entry in the search results. You will see a Web or PDF hyperlink in the upper left-hand corner of the entry that will take you to a web or PDF version of the article itself. You will see a Cited by hyperlink in the upper right-hand corner of the entry, showing how many times the article has been cited, that will direct you to the Google Scholar list of sources that have cited this article. Clicking on either of these links will open the result in another window.
To insert an article citation into your document, select the article and click Cite . In presentations, you may insert a link to the article by pressing Insert .
Places
When conducting a search in the Research tool for a geographic location, your search results may include a map. You can edit this map by selecting Edit and then zooming in/out or dragging the map. Once you have the exact map image you'd like to include in your document, click Insert . You can also drag and drop the map image into your document.
Dictionary
Use the research tool's dictionary to search for a word's definition.
Choosing your citation format
To select a default format for citations added to your document or presentation, click the drop-down arrow below the search bar. Use the drop-down menus to choose from MLA, APA, or Chicago citation formatting, and customize others settings (like image filtering preferences for images or language settings for the dictionary). Your selected citation format is applicable to citations for web results, images, quotations and article citations.
Reporting content in Research
You can report a problem, or report content that is of concern to you, for our review.
To report violation of your copyright, use Help > Report abuse > Copyright infringement and follow the steps on that page. When filling out the web form to report copyright infringement, please be sure to enter the URL of the specific item in the Research tool results that is of concern to you.
Using Drawings with Docs, Sheets, and Slides
Once you've created your drawing, and have edited and shared it with others, you might want to insert it (embed it) in a Google document. Use the web clipboard to copy the whole drawing, or any selection within the drawing, and paste it into your doc using the web clipboard.
The embedded drawing is a copy of the original, and both can be edited independently after copying. So, if you need to make any minor changes to the drawing, you can edit it from within the document, using the embedded version of Google drawings. Simply click first the drawing and then the Edit link that appears. This version of Google drawings includes a more limited set of features.
You can use Google drawings to enhance your presentations. You may want to design complete slides within drawings and then use the web clipboard to paste them into your presentation when they're complete.
Once the drawing has been embedded, you can't share that version as a separate doc. However, you can use the web clipboard again to copy and paste the embedded version into a new drawing that you can share.
You can also create a new drawing from within an existing document, spreadsheet or presentation by going to Insert > Drawing .
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