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Hi I want to make a square arrangement just like this, this is for a data sample so I want to be able to fill some of the squares in; eg, three blank in a row followed by two black (filled) (*I am still new to this software, sorry.)

The basics of tikz are not hard to understand. A basic approach could look like this and I am sure you could create this by yourself :-)

documentclass{standalone}

usepackage{tikz}

begin{document}



begin{tikzpicture}



  draw[help lines] (0,1) grid (7,-3); %to guide your eye

  draw (0,0) rectangle (1,1); %just the rectangle

  fill[gray] (2,0) rectangle (3,1); %filled without the borders

  filldraw[black] (4,0) rectangle (5,1); %filled with borders



  draw (5.5,0.5) rectangle (6.5,1.5);

  draw (5.5,-1) rectangle (6.5,0);

  draw (5.5,-2.5) rectangle (6.5,-1.5);



end{tikzpicture}

end{document}

Have you checked out http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/ yet?

A PSTricks solution just for fun purposes.

documentclass[pstricks,border=12pt,12pt]{standalone}

begin{document}

pspicture(15,10)

    rput(5,8){1. Any text goes hereldots}

    rput(13,9){Squares}

    multips(0,5)(2,0){5}{psframe(1,1)}

    multips(10,9)(0,-2){5}{psframe[fillstyle=solid,fillcolor=lightgray](1,1)}

endpspicture

end{document}