How to Draw on Google Docs Using Drawing Option (Best Practice)

How to Draw on Google Docs
Key Takeaways: How to Draw on Google Docs Using Drawing Option

To Draw on Google Docs

  1. Click “Insert” >”Drawing” > “New
  2. A drawing art bot will open.
  3. Click on the drawing tool you want to use and start drawing by dragging with your mouse.
  4. When you’re done, click “Save and close“.

What’s up fellows? I am back with an exciting article, today we are going to learn how to draw on Google Docs. Sounds exciting? Yes, it is an exciting built-in preset in google docs to draw within the document. We will explore all the features in detail and will learn to use them quickly. First, let’s understand what the meaning of drawing is in google docs, it means drawing a text box, an image container, shapes, lines, and much more we can use all these exciting features within our docs’ file. The draw feature in google docs allows us to insert custom shapes and presets for commonly used shapes, we can add a line segment and make amazing illustrations using lines. So, let’s go and learn to draw on google docs.

Why do we need to draw google docs?

We need a draw feature in google docs to draw shapes, lines, text boxes, image containers, and much more out of these. If I need to add an arrow to highlight anything in my document then how would I do it in google docs? In other words, I will directly insert the arrow shape from shapes, but in google docs, we have all these features encapsulated in a drawing feature that is more unique and controllable for making amazing custom designs by playing around on the art bot of the drawing. We need this feature to add a textbox without the draw feature we can’t insert a text box, unlikely in MS word where we have a direct text box available inside the insert menu. So, now you know the need for a drawing feature in google docs. It can be used with multiple wrapping positions, similar to the text box, it can be placed over the text, below the text, and also can be wrapped as colliding with the text. You can make a beautiful and custom watermark using the text box inside the drawing and then rotate and resize it according to your page/content size.

  • To draw a text box before adding it to our content.
  • To change the position, rotation, and size of any image.
  • To add any shape or line in our content
  • To add a dynamic shape to your content.
  • To add a watermark on your content.

How to Draw on Google Docs

 Step 1

Open your document and place your cursor where you want to draw.

place your cursor where you want to insert a drawing

 

Step 2 

Go to insert in the top menu and then click on drawing > click on new.

go to insert then drawing then click on new

 

Step 3

A drawing art bot will open with a top menu on it. Click on any drawing option that you want to use in your content

select any drawing tool to start drawing

 

Step 4

Now drag with your mouse and the drawing will start, control your shape/box on the art bot using mouse drag.

drag with your mouse to draw

 

Step 5

Click on Save and close when you are done with your drawing

after drawing click on save and close to insert drawing on the page

 

Step 6

Your drawing will be added to the position where you placed your cursor in the very first step. You can move it just like a text box to set its position.

drawing is inserted you can move it by using the handles around the box

 

To recap, you firstly need to place your cursor on the position where you want to add your drawing in the content, it can be moved later as well, but to originate it to the absolute position is a good practice. Remember to click on save and close to automatically add your drawing to your content. Make sure that you can draw lines, shape, textbox, image container, and more using draw and all of these can be formatted later. You only need to take care to originate it to the absolute position.

How to Draw on Google Docs Video Tutorial

Notes

  • Always draw an initial design on the drawing art bot and then adjust it on the main page, it will help to compare with the content.
  • Do not forget to click on save and close when you are done with the drawing.
  • Always try to originate the drawing on the absolute position, create some extra whitespaces, and then go to the draw option. It does not mean anything but it’s a good practice.

Conclusion

So today we learned a very exciting feature of google docs and now we know how to draw in google docs. This was a comprehensive guide with all the useful features and information about the drawing tool. We must know the feature and identify its need to understand and utilize it better. So, after going through this article, you can answer all the following questions; What is drawn in google docs? How to draw in google docs? Why do we use to draw in google docs? When do we need to draw in google docs? So, if you enjoyed this article and learned something new then please consider sharing this article with your friends and subscribe to the OfficeDemy blog for more tech articles and how-to guides related to google docs, and much more.

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KS Alam

Hello! My name is KS Alam. I am a technical writer who shares step-by-step document processing software tutorials and writing tips for the real world problem solving on OfficeDemy.com. By profession I am a RF Engineer and Software Developer.

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