How to Draw Tree Structures in MS Word

How to Draw Trees in MS Word (English version) Ken Ramshøj Christensen, 2005 1 How to Draw Tree Structures in MS Word Ken Ramshøj Christensen Dept. of English, Inst. for Language, Literature & Culture, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Århus http://www.hum.au.dk/engelsk/engkrc/ engkrc@hum.au.dk (1) Canvas a. In the menu choose View > Print Layout. This is necessary in order to be able to see line drawings. b. In the menu choose Tools > Options… c. Under the General tab, uncheck “Automatically create drawing

canvas when inserting AutoShapes”: (1) Canvas (2) Tabs (3) Grid (4) Text (5) Lines (Branches) (6) Symmetry and recycling (7) Some examples How to Draw Trees in MS Word (English version) Ken Ramshøj Christensen, 2005 2 (2) Tabs a. In the menu choose Format > Tabs… b. Set default tab stop to 1.0 cm: (3) Grid a. Choose View > Toolbars > Drawing b. In the Drawing toolbar (most likely at the bottom of the window), choose Draw > Grid…: c. Set default grid to 0.1 cm both horizontally as well as vertically (the fine masked grid makes it easier to get the lines to start and end in the right places): How to Draw Trees in MS Word (English version) Ken Ramshøj Christensen, 2005 3 (4) Text a. Enable “Show/hide ¶” by clicking on the ¶ symbol in the menu bar. This makes tabs (shown as an arrow →) and line breaks (shown as ¶). b. Enter the following: (shown on screen:) c. The → and ¶ symbols may be confusing so turn off “Show/hide ¶” by clicking on the ¶ symbol in the menu bar. Now the text should look like this: A B C D...

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