How to insert a text box or a custom shape in Google Docs?

Google Docs

Google Docs is a free alternative to Microsoft Word and has a lot of features, including the ability to collaborate in real-time, has powerful formatting options, and can also let you use a text box or shape in Google Docs to enable Highlighting certain information among the contents of other documents, through simple steps.

Steps to create a text box

• Click "Insert".

• Click on Sketch and then New.

• Click on the text box icon.

• Click and drag the mouse to make the square the size you want, then release the mouse.

• Enter what you want to appear in the text box and press Save and Close. You can then move the text box and place it anywhere you want by clicking on it and dragging it to the position.

Steps to add shapes

• Click "Insert".

• Click on Draw.

• Click New.

• Click on the shapes icon, which is just to the left of the text box button.

• Click on Shapes in the dropdown menu that appears, and you can select the pre-selected shapes from the available options and customize them to your liking.

• When you're done, click Save and Close, and you can then move the shape around the document by clicking and dragging and placing it anywhere you want.

Customize your text box or shape

• Click your shape and select Edit in the contextual menu that appears.

• Click again on your shape. This will bring up a series of points that you can click and drag with your mouse to change different sides of your shape, the size of the box, or the text inside.

The blue dots allow you to resize and shape the shape while the orange dots allow for finer customization, such as making a smiley frown or removing the corners of the shape, and there are fewer.

The circular blue dots above the shape or text box also allow you to rotate it, press and hold the point and then rotate it to the left or right, and once you rotate it as desired, release the mouse, and don't worry if you don't get it right the first time, you can always Adjust the rotation further if necessary.