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This lesson will show you how to layer your shapes on top of each other.
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Quick reference
Object Arrangement
This lesson will show you how to layer your shapes on top of each other.
When to use
As you use more shapes in OneNote, you may have to layer them on top of each other.
Instructions
- Go into the OneNote program
- Go into the Quick Notes notebook
- Click on the new page icon on the right
- Click anywhere on the page
- Click on the Draw Menu
- Click on the red pen, then the rectangle shape on the Draw Menu
- Move your mouse anywhere on the page and draw a rectangle
- Click on the blue pen, then the circle shape on the Draw Menu
- Draw a circle on your page
- Click on the Type Icon on the Draw Menu to make your mouse go back to normal
- Drag the circle so that it intersects with the square
- Notice the circle appears above the square, because the circle was added after the square
- Click on the border of the circle
- Click on the Arrange icon on the Draw Menu
- Click on Send to Back
- Notice the circle now appears below the square
Hints & tips
- Bring Forward means move that object 1 level up
- Bring to Front means move that object all the way to top level, making that the front-most object above everything else
- Send Backward means move that object 1 level down
- Send to Back move that object all the way to bottom level, making that the back-most object below everything else
- 00:04 Let's see how we can arrange the objects.
- 00:07 So I'm going to go ahead and add a new page here I'll pick an add a page, and
- 00:11 I'll just call it, Arrange objects.
- 00:15 Then I'm going to add some shapes.
- 00:18 So I'll pick on the draw menu, and we'll use the rectangle.
- 00:23 I'll click on the Rectangle and just click over here.
- 00:26 Now I want to make that a little bit thicker so I can really demonstrate this.
- 00:31 So in that case, I'll click away from the rectangle and then click on it.
- 00:35 And then I'll pick on the pen properties.
- 00:37 So let's say I want it to be a nice thick line and
- 00:40 we'll make it and the shade of green.
- 00:43 And I'll click on OK, good.
- 00:46 Now let's add a circle or the oval,
- 00:49 pick on the oval shape and then move it over here.
- 00:54 So then let's say want that to be a different color.
- 00:58 So I'll just click over here and then click back on the oval.
- 01:01 I'll pick on pen properties.
- 01:03 Let's make that one.
- 01:04 So it really stands out.
- 01:05 How about if we made that one red, and I'll click OK, good.
- 01:10 And then let's say we have a blue triangle.
- 01:12 So I'll pick in the triangle, click over here.
- 01:16 I'll click away from the triangle and then click it again.
- 01:19 So get the pen properties and I'll make that one blue, good.
- 01:24 So I'm going to move the blue triangle on to the red circle.
- 01:31 Now if you look really closely, look at the lines intersecting here.
- 01:37 The triangle is showing above the circle.
- 01:41 The circle is really behind the triangle.
- 01:44 Now if I pick up the green square, let's move that into the mix here.
- 01:49 Okay, so now let's see what's going on here.
- 01:54 Look at the lines, the green square is behind the red circle,
- 01:58 because we add the green square first.
- 02:02 And then the red circle is next and then the blue is on top of both of those.
- 02:07 So the order right now is that the green square is behind everything.
- 02:13 Then the red circle is on the next level and
- 02:16 then the blue triangle is showing above everything else.
- 02:20 So watch how we can change that.
- 02:22 Let's say I wanted the green square to be in front of everything.
- 02:28 So I'm going to click on the green square, then on the drawing menu,
- 02:32 I'll pick on arrange.
- 02:35 Okay, so if I bring it forward, that means it'll bring it one level up.
- 02:40 Let's try that.
- 02:41 If I bring it forward.
- 02:43 Okay, notice how the green line is now in front of the red circle,
- 02:48 but it's still behind the blue triangle.
- 02:52 So, I moved the green up one level.
- 02:56 If you pick on arrange, if you say bring forward, it'll bring it up one level.
- 03:01 However, if you say bring to front,
- 03:04 it makes that the front most object within that group.
- 03:08 So, notice how the green is now completely in front of everything.
- 03:13 If you look at the lines.
- 03:15 I'd like the green to be totally in the back again.
- 03:18 So I'll pick on arrange, same kind of thing here.
- 03:21 If you say Send Backward, it'll move at one level back.
- 03:26 But if I send to the back, it'll put it all the way in the back.
- 03:30 And now you can see the red is in front of the green and
- 03:33 the blue is in front of the red.
- 03:36 So I like to have the red be the frontmost object.
- 03:39 So I'll click on the red circle, and I'll pick arrange.
- 03:43 I just want that to be right up front.
- 03:45 So I'll say bring it to the front, and
- 03:47 now it's even in front of the blue triangle as you can see.
- 03:51 And now let's say I want the green to be in front of the blue, but
- 03:55 I want the red to be in front of the green.
- 03:58 So then I'll pick on the green one, I'll pick on arrange.
- 04:02 I'll just kind of move it up one level, I'll say bring forward.
- 04:06 Let's see if that works.
- 04:07 Yeah, see how the green is in front of the blue, but
- 04:10 the red is in front of the green.
- 04:13 So using that arrange tool here, this is how you're going to actually
- 04:18 layer your different objects for different effects on your OneNote page.
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