虽然Google Docs并不是真正为绘图而构建的，但对于希望在文档中添加形状的用户来说，还是有一些选择。大多数用户将在Google Docs文档中使用(Google Docs)Google 绘图(Google Drawings)来执行此操作，但您也可以插入图像、使用基本表格以及使用特殊字符在文本中添加形状。
如果您想知道如何使用这些方法在Google Docs中添加形状，以下是您需要做的。
使用 Google 绘图插入形状(Inserting Shapes Using Google Drawings)
在Google Docs(Google Docs)中添加形状的最佳方法（也是 Google 建议的唯一方法）是使用Google 绘图(Google Drawings)工具。虽然Google 绘图(Google Drawings)本身就是一项服务，但您可以直接从Google 文档(Google Docs)访问它，而无需离开您的文档页面。
Google 绘图(Google Drawings)无论如何都不是Photoshop的替代品，所以不要指望使用它来创建复杂的图像。但是，它将允许您创建、编辑和操作基本形状和图表。绘图可以包含单个形状，或者，如果您想将多个形状组合在一起，您可以插入多个形状。
- 要创建新绘图，请打开您的Google Docs文档。从菜单中，选择Insert > Drawing > New。如果您有包含要插入的形状的现有绘图，请改为选择“从驱动器”(From Drive)。
- 如果您选择创建新绘图，则会出现一个弹出的Google 绘图(Google Drawings)窗口。从菜单栏中，选择“形状(Shapes)”选项。
- 形状(Shapes)下拉菜单有各种子菜单，包括形状（(shapes)用于基本形状）、箭头(arrows )（用于箭头形状）、标注(call outs )（用于聊天气泡）和方程式(equations )（用于数学符号）。首先选择要添加的形状，然后使用鼠标或触控板在“绘图”(Drawing)窗口中将形状绘制为所需的大小。
- 添加形状后，您可以通过更改其颜色、透明度、边框大小等来设置它的格式。从菜单中选择您希望应用的格式选项，然后选择保存并关闭(Save and close)按钮，在您完成后将形状插入到您的文档中。
- 图纸将出现在文档页面上。您可以随意移动和调整它的大小，但如果您需要对其进行编辑，请双击该形状，或者选择它，然后选择“编辑(Edit )”按钮。
使用图像在 Google Docs 中添加形状(Adding Shapes in Google Docs Using Images)
如果您想创建更具创意的形状和图像，请在Photoshop或GIMP等照片编辑器中创建它们，然后将它们作为图像上传到您的文档中。您还可以使用内置的Google搜索工具查找和插入形状。
- 要上传图片，请打开您的Google Docs文档并选择Insert > Image > Upload from computer 以开始该过程。如果您想使用Google搜索来查找图像，请选择搜索网络(Search the web)。
- 如果您选择上传图像，请使用Mac Finder或Windows 文件资源管理器(Windows File Explorer)弹出窗口查找并上传。Google Docs会在图片上传后立即插入。如果您选择搜索包含形状的图像，请使用右侧菜单中的搜索栏来执行此操作。找到图像后，选择它，然后选择底部的“插入”按钮将其放入文档中。(Insert)
- 您插入了一张图片，您可以直接在文档中调整它的大小。您还可以通过右键单击图像并选择图像选项(Image options)选项来进行进一步的更改（例如，添加透明度或边框）。这将在右侧打开一个菜单，其中包含各种图像编辑选项。
使用特殊字符向文本添加形状(Using Special Characters to Add Shapes to Text)
文本(Text)环绕将允许您在文本周围插入图像和形状。如果您想将Google Docs中的形状直接添加到文本中，最好的方法是使用特殊字符。这允许您在文本中插入类似形状的对象。您可以使用颜色、字体、大小等设置标准文本的格式。
- 要插入特殊字符，请打开您的Google Docs文档并选择Insert > Special Characters。
- 在弹出的插入特殊字符(Insert special characters )窗口中，搜索字符列表以查找所需的形状。或者，使用搜索栏来定位特定的形状（例如，正方形(square)用于具有正方形形状的字符），或使用其下方的绘图工具手动绘制和搜索形状。
- 将鼠标悬停(Hover)在任何特殊字符上以查看更大的预览和说明。要插入特殊字符，请从左侧列表中选择它。这会将其插入到您的文档中。选择一次字符将插入一次，但您可以重复选择它以添加更多字符。
- 一旦特殊字符（或多个字符）就位，您可以使用文本格式选项进行更改。使用鼠标选择特殊字符，然后使用格式栏菜单更改其字体、字体大小、强调、颜色等。
使用表格插入基本方形(Using Tables to Insert Basic Square Shapes)
上述方法用尽了用户可以将形状插入Google Docs的大部分显而易见的方法。但是，还有另一种方法，您可以将一个非常简单的形状插入到Google Docs中。它不仅可以使用颜色和自定义边框进行格式化，还可以直接将文本插入其中。
这样做的方法是插入一个基本表。虽然桌子只能采用正方形或矩形的形式，但它确实比其他形式的形状更具优势。例如，如果您想在形状内添加易于编辑的文本，创建表格是最好的方法。
- 要插入表格，请选择“Insert > Table”，然后从弹出菜单中选择所需的大小。如果您希望表格水平填充页面，请选择1×1大小。如果您希望它更小，但仍允许添加任意大小的文本，请选择更大的尺寸（例如，2×2或3×3）。然后，您可以在之后隐藏其他表格段。
- 如果您创建了一个 1×1 表格，您可以在此时调整它的大小并对其进行操作。例如，如果要更改背景颜色，请选择工具栏上的背景颜色(Background color )工具。您还可以使用鼠标或触控板向左或向右拖动边框来调整其大小。
- 如果您创建了一个 2×1 或更大的表格，您还可以在您希望使用的段的任一侧隐藏其他段。这允许您在表格的左侧或右侧插入文本（使用隐藏段作为文本框），以及创建将可见段移动到页面上的另一个位置的填充。
为此，请使用鼠标选择要擦除的边界线之一（或突出显示整个段）。从工具栏中，选择边框宽度(Border width )选项，然后从菜单中选择0pt 。或者，选择边框颜色(Border color )选项，从菜单中选择白色。(White)
- 对要隐藏的每条边界线重复此步骤。隐藏后，您希望保留的表格段将出现在适当的位置。(Once)您可以通过添加文本、颜色和其他格式选项来进行进一步的更改。
使用 Google Docs 创建更好的文档(Creating Better Documents with Google Docs)
一旦您知道如何在Google 文档(Google Docs)中添加形状，您就可以开始创建使用各种内容的文档了。图像、图画甚至表格都可以用来引起对内容其他部分的关注。
Word 和 Google Docs(Word and Google Docs)之间有很多相似之处，因此，如果您习惯使用Office ，您应该不会觉得在(Office)Google Docs中掌握文档创建太难。一旦掌握了基础知识，您就可以使用分栏(column splitting)等功能来创建不同样式的文档，从小册子到传单。
How to Add Shapes in Google Docs
While Google Docs isn’t really built for drawing, there are options for users who are looking to add shapes to their documents. Most users will use Google Drawings within a Google Docs document to do this, but you can also insert images, use basic tables, and use special characters to add shapes within the text.
If you want to know how to add shapes in Google Docs using these methods, here’s what you’ll need to do.
Inserting Shapes Using Google Drawings
The best way to add shapes in Google Docs (and the only Google-suggested way) is to use the Google Drawings tool. While Google Drawings is a service in its own right, you can access it directly from Google Docs without leaving your document page.
Google Drawings isn’t a Photoshop replacement by any means, so don’t expect to create complex images using it. What it will do, however, is allow you to create, edit, and manipulate basic shapes and diagrams. A drawing can contain a single shape or, if you want to group several shapes together, you can insert multiple shapes.
- To create a new drawing, open your Google Docs document. From the menu, select Insert > Drawing > New. If you have an existing drawing containing shapes that you wish to insert, select From Drive instead.
- If you choose to create a new drawing, a pop-up Google Drawings window will appear. From the menu bar, select the Shapes option.
- The Shapes drop-down menu has various sub-menus, including shapes (for basic shapes), arrows (for arrow shapes), call outs (for chat bubbles), and equations (for mathematical symbols). Select the shape you want to add first, then use your mouse or trackpad to draw the shape to the size you want in the Drawing window.
- Once you’ve added a shape, you can format it by changing its color, transparency, border sizing, and more. Select the formatting options you wish to apply from the menu, then select the Save and close button to insert the shape into your document once you’re done.
- The drawing will appear on the document page. You can move and resize it at will, but if you need to edit it, double-click the shape, or select it, then select the Edit button.
Adding Shapes in Google Docs Using Images
If you want to create more creative shapes and images, create them in a photo editor like Photoshop or GIMP and upload them to your document as an image. You can also find and insert shapes using the built-in Google search tool.
- To upload an image, open your Google Docs document and select Insert > Image > Upload from computer to begin the process. If you want to use Google search to find an image, select Search the web instead.
- If you choose to upload an image, use the Mac Finder or Windows File Explorer pop-up window to find and upload it. Google Docs will insert the image as soon as it’s uploaded. If you choose to search for an image containing shapes, use the search bar in the right-hand menu to do so. Once you’ve located the image, select it, then select the Insert button at the bottom to place it in your document.
- One you’ve inserted an image, you can resize it in the document directly. You can also make further changes (for instance, adding transparency or a border) by right-clicking the image and selecting the Image options option. This will open a menu on the right with various image editing options.
Using Special Characters to Add Shapes to Text
Text wrapping will allow you to insert images and shapes around text. If you want to add shapes in Google Docs to the text directly, the best way to do so is to use special characters. This allows you to insert shape-like objects into the text. You can format these like standard text, with color, font, sizing, and more.
- To insert special characters, open your Google Docs document and select Insert > Special Characters.
- In the pop-up Insert special characters window, search through the list of characters to find shapes you want. Alternatively, use the search bar to locate particular shapes instead (for instance, square for characters with square shapes), or use the drawing tool beneath it to draw and search for shapes manually.
- Hover over any of the special characters to see a larger preview and description. To insert a special character, select it from the list on the left. This will insert it into your document. Selecting the character once will insert it once, but you can select it repeatedly to add further characters.
- Once the special character (or characters) are in place, you can use the text formatting options to make changes. Select the special character using your mouse, then use the formatting bar menu to change its font, font size, emphasis, color, and more.
Using Tables to Insert Basic Square Shapes
The methods above exhaust most of the obvious ways a user can insert shapes into Google Docs. There is another other way, however, that you can insert a very simple shape into Google Docs. Not only can be it formatted with color and custom borders, it can also have text inserted into it directly.
The way to do this is by inserting a basic table. While a table can only take the form of a square or a rectangle, it does offer advantages over other forms of shapes. For instance, if you want to add easily-edited text inside a shape, creating a table is the best way to do it.
- To insert a table, select Insert > Table, then select the size you want from the pop-up menu. If you want the table to fill the page horizontally, select a 1×1 size. If you want it to be smaller, but still allow you to add text either size of it, choose a larger size (for instance, 2×2 or 3×3). You can then hide the other table segments afterwards.
- If you’ve created a 1×1 table, you can resize and manipulate it at this point. For instance, if you want to change the background color, select the Background color tool on the toolbar. You can also resize it by dragging a border left or right using your mouse or trackpad.
- If you’ve created a 2×1 or larger table, you can also hide other segments either side of the segment you wish to use. This allows you to insert text to the left or right of the table (using the hidden segments as text boxes), as well as create padding that moves the visible segment into another position on your page.
To do this, select one of the border lines you wish to erase using your mouse (or highlight the entire segment). From the toolbar, select the Border width option, then choose 0pt from the menu. Alternatively, select the Border color option, choosing White from the menu.
- Repeat this step for each border line you wish to hide. Once hidden, the table segment you wish to leave in place will appear in position. You can make further changes by adding text, color, and additional formatting options.
Creating Better Documents with Google Docs
Once you know how to add shapes in Google Docs, you can begin to create documents that use all kinds of content. Images, drawings, even tables can be used to bring attention to other parts of your content.
There are plenty of similarities between Word and Google Docs so, if you’re used to Office, you shouldn’t find it too hard to get to grips with document creation in Google Docs. Once you’ve mastered the basics, you can use features like column splitting to create different styles of documents, from brochures to leaflets.
