To complete the polygon, double-click at the end of the last segment. When using the Polygon tool, you need to draw several segments to define the multisided shape, clicking at the end of each segment. Hold down your mouse button, and drag to draw the shape. ♦ To draw an object, click the Line, Arrow, Rectangle, Oval, Arc, or Polygon button and then click the taskbar area of the Gantt Chart. The following points show you how to use the tools on the Drawing toolbar: Drag it up near the Formatting toolbar to dock it at the top of your screen, or click the dark blue bar at the top and drag to move it around your screen. To display the Drawing toolbar, shown in Figure 8-38, you can choose either ViewOToolbars and select the Drawing toolbar for display, or choose InsertODrawing.įigure 8-38: The Drawing toolbar is a floating toolbar. Figure 8-37: Consider using this type of drawing when you display a project on-screen using an LCD panel, or at a trade show. However, you must use the Drawing Text Box tool to enter your own text. The formatting methods that I presented in the section 'Changing taskbars,' earlier in this chapter, enable you to create settings so that predefined information appears next to taskbars in your schedule. Or, suppose that you want to suggest cutting a task from the project, as shown in Figure 8-37. For example, you may want to draw a circle around an important taskbar in your schedule to draw attention to it in a presentation. Project has a drawing feature that you can use to build simple diagrams or add shapes or text boxes to the Gantt Chart area of your Project file.

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