Drawing Straight Lines in Office Programs

by rhyttinen on March 3, 2008

When drawing lines of Microsoft Office applications, you may find it difficult to to keep your mouse movements precise enough to draw a completely straight line. However, one little trick can help you.

  1. Activate the Line tool on the Ribbon.
  2. Press and hold down the Shift key.
  3. Draw your line on your document.
  4. Release the Shift key. 

This will also work with drawing squares and cirles – hold down the Shift key to draw a perfect circle or square.

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