WPS Drawing Tools on Windows helps you edit shape styles, object order, and rotation inside documents; this guide covers 10 core tasks, with 10 available without membership and 0 membership-related items.
At a Glance
| Metric | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Core tasks | 10 | Matches the number of rows in the How-to Index |
| Available without membership | 10 | Matches the number of Free rows in the index |
| Membership-related items | 0 | Matches the number of membership-related rows in the index |
About This Feature
Overview
WPS Drawing Tools on Windows is a built-in document drawing feature for editing shapes, text boxes, and other drawing objects in WPS Writer. It helps with shape fill, shape outline, shape effects, point editing, grouping, alignment, layer order changes, and rotation.
Core capabilities include:
- Modify shape fill color for flowcharts, callouts, and highlighted areas.
- Modify shape outline to adjust border color, weight, and dash style.
- Modify shape effects to add shadow, glow, or 3-D rotation.
- Edit shape points to refine custom outlines.
- Group and ungroup shapes for easier layout control.
- Align, reorder, and rotate objects to keep document pages organized.
This feature is useful for document annotation, teaching materials, process diagrams, and page layout work. It helps reduce manual positioning errors and keeps visual elements more consistent across a document.
System Requirements
| Item | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Operating system | A Windows device that can run WPS Office normally |
| App version | It is recommended to use the latest version of WPS Office |
| Network | Local drawing edits do not require a constant network connection; downloading, installation, and account services require internet access |
| Other | You need to open or create a WPS Writer document and insert or select a shape or text box to see Drawing Tools |
Download & Installation
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Official download | WPS Office Free Download |
| Check after installation | Open WPS Writer, insert or select any shape, and confirm that Drawing Tools appears at the top of the window |
Source: WPS Office download page
Compare with Alternatives
| Dimension | WPS | Microsoft | Notion | Adobe | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capability Summary | WPS Drawing Tools supports shape fill, outline, effects, point editing, grouping, ungrouping, alignment, layer order changes, and rotation inside a Writer document. | Microsoft Word supports formatting shapes with fill, line, size, layout, text box options, and rotation. | Google Docs supports drawings with lines, shapes, text boxes, and images, with fill color, line style, and rotation controls in the drawing canvas. | Notion supports chart views and also offers AI image generation for visual content, but it is not positioned as a traditional in-document drawing toolbar for shape editing. | Adobe Acrobat supports comments, text boxes, sticky notes, shapes, and freehand drawing for PDF markup and review. |
| WPS Advantages | Distinct: WPS keeps shape styling, point editing, grouping, alignment, layer order, and rotation in one drawing workflow inside the document editor. | Compared with WPS: Word provides strong shape formatting, while its official guidance focuses more on format dialog options and object properties. | Compared with WPS: Google Docs relies on a separate drawing canvas for much of the shape editing workflow, so in-document layout control is less centralized. | Compared with WPS: Notion is more focused on page organization, databases, and charts than on detailed shape editing and object arrangement inside a document page. | Compared with WPS: Acrobat drawing tools are mainly designed for PDF annotation and markup rather than document layout editing in a word processor. |
| Official Source | — | Format AutoShape | Create, insert & edit drawings | Chart view | Annotate and markup PDFs |
Overall Conclusion
If you need to edit shapes directly in a word-processing document, WPS Drawing Tools fits that workflow well. Microsoft Word also offers broad shape formatting controls, while Google Docs, Notion, and Adobe Acrobat are more oriented toward drawing canvases, content organization, or PDF markup.
Use Cases
| No. | Use Case | Suitable For | Main Need | How Drawing Tools Helps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flowchart styling | Office users | Shapes use inconsistent colors and borders | Use shape fill and shape outline to standardize appearance |
| 2 | Teaching material markup | Teachers and trainers | Key areas need stronger visual emphasis | Use shape effects and text boxes for clearer visual cues |
| 3 | Custom shape adjustment | Users refining diagrams | Preset shapes do not fully match the needed outline | Use Edit Points to adjust the shape contour |
| 4 | Multi-object layout | Document editors | Several shapes are hard to arrange neatly | Use grouping, alignment, and distribution tools |
| 5 | Layer order cleanup | Proposal and report writers | Shapes overlap text or appear in the wrong order | Use Bring Forward, Send Backward, and rotation controls |
Membership & Benefits
Free vs WPS Premium
| Capability | Free Users | WPS Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Drawing Tools editing in documents | Available for shape fill, outline, effects, grouping, alignment, and rotation tasks | Available |
| PDF and advanced office features | Includes basic access to some features | Includes more advanced PDF, conversion, and extended office features |
| Cloud storage and templates | Includes basic cloud storage and some template access | Includes more cloud storage and broader template and benefit access |
Source: WPS Office pricing page
Recommendations
| Scenario | Recommended Plan | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Insert and edit shapes in everyday documents | Free | The drawing tools covered here are available for regular document layout and annotation work |
| Need broader PDF, template, or cloud benefits together with document work | WPS Premium | A better fit for users who also need expanded office benefits beyond drawing tools |
How to Subscribe
- Subscribe here: WPS Premium plans
Source: WPS Office pricing page