Drawing a rectangle and changing the Fill Color

The Rectangle tool was used to draw the three colored boxes you see above

Step 1 - In the Drawing Toolbar, click on the Rectangle tool

Step 2 - Next you will click and drag to draw three rectangles. If you have not done this before you should put your cursor near the top left corner of where you want the rectangle to be and hold your mouse button down as you drag the cursor to the bottom right corner of where the rectangle should be. When you let go of the mouse the fill color will be placed in the box.

Step 3 - Repeat this process for the two other boxes you see in the slide above. Remember to leave room for the plus (+) and equal (=) signs. You should then have three boxes, and they will all be the same color. Note: you must click on the Rectangle tool each time you want to draw another box.

Step 4 - Click on the center box to highlight it.

Step 5 - In the Drawing Toolbar click on the down arrow beside the Fill Color paint bucket ,and choose a new color for the box.

Step 6 - Repeat that Procedure for the box on the right. If you do not like any of the automatic fill colors suggested, select More Fill Colors .

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