It also includes information on how to insert a drawing using Google Drawings.

Both methods work to illustrate your Google Docs.

The easiest way to draw on Google Docs is to use theDrawingfeature.

The Drawing option on Google Docs.

Start by creating or opening a document in Google Docs.

Then place your cursor in the document where you want the drawing to appear.

If you need toinsert a signature into Google Docs, this is the option you will use.

The New drawing option on Google Docs.

Here, you might opt for bang out of drawing you would like to create from theActionsmenu.

For example, you could chooseWord artfrom this menu.

A text box appears in your drawing.

The Word art option in Google Docs.

jot down the text you want to use for word art.

When you have the text you want, pressEnterto save it.

The text appears in the drawing.

The word art text box in Google Docs.

The contextual toolbar at the top of the page also changes to give you font and color options.

Adjust these options until the word art looks the way you want it to.

For example, you could add a colored shape to your drawing to set off your word art.

The context toolbar for word art in Google Docs.

There is also the option to addEquationsin this menu.

To do that, right-poke the shape, highlightOrder, and then selectSend to back.

When you’ve finished making the adjustments that you want to make to your drawing, clickSave and Close.

The shape options in the drawing tool on Google Docs.

The drawing will be inserted into your document at the point of your cursor.

Adding drawings directly in Google Docs can only be done using Google Docs in a web app.

That feature is not available as an app foriOSorAndroiddevices.

The shape context toolbar in Google Docs drawing feature.

Insert a Drawing Using Google Drawings

Adding drawings from within Google Docs has some limitations.

The most glaring of those is the limited capabilities of the Drawing function.

To overcome that, you might insert a drawing that you create in Google Drawings.

How to send a shape to the background in the Google Docs drawing feature.

Open Google Drawingsin your web web client.

Create your drawing using the menus and toolbars that are available.

You’ll see some options here that aren’t available in the Drawing function of Google Docs.

The Save and close option for drawings in Google Docs.

Those include tables, charts, and diagrams.

Select your drawing and it’s placed in your document at the location of your cursor.

If you link to the source, collaborators can see the link to the drawing.

A drawing in Google Docs.

If you choose toLink to sourceyou can always unlink it later.

The insert menu in Google Drawings.

A Google Drawing saved in Google Drive.

The option to insert a drawing in Google Docs from Good Drive.