Sometimes your document in Microsoft Word might need a little visual splash. If that’s the case, you can easily add shapes and SmartArt to jazz up your work. Here’s a quick overview of how to add and customize them to your liking.

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Notes: If the Text pane is not visible, click the arrow control on the left side of the SmartArt graphic. To add text, like a title, in an arbitrary position close to or on top of your SmartArt graphic, on the Insert tab, in the Text group, click Text Box to insert a text box. If you want only the text in your text box to appear, right-click your text box, click Format Shape or Format Text Box. Charts take data, organize them, and present them in a visual form. Office 2011 for Mac offers two different approaches for making organization charts: The newer SmartArt method can produce visually appealing charts, and the application called Microsoft Organization Chart creates embedded charts. When you click the SmartArt tab on the Ribbon, the leftmost group. Under SmartArt Tools, on the Design tab, there are two galleries for quickly changing the look of your SmartArt graphic: SmartArt Styles and Change Colors. SmartArt Styles include shape fills, edges, shadows, line styles, gradients, and three-dimensional (3-D) perspectives and are applied to the entire SmartArt graphic. You can also apply an. Follow these steps to insert a new SmartArt graphic in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac: Insert a new slide where you want to place your SmartArt graphic. Alternatively, launch PowerPoint. You will see the Presentation Gallery- click Cancel in this gallery to open a blank presentation with a new slide.

Shapes:

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1. In a Microsoft Word document, click on the Insert menu> Shapes.
2. Once you select a shape, your cursor becomes a crosshairs, which you can use to draw a shape onto your document.
3. You’ll see the menu at the top has changed. If you’d like to customize your shape, you can change the color or shape in this menu.

SmartArt:

1. Click on the Insert menu > SmartArt.
2. Select a basic category, like Process or Cycle. An editing panel will appear, allowing you to add, subtract, or move elements around within the image. At the top of the screen, you can change the colors of your SmartArt.
3. To add individual shapes to your SmartArt, make sure you have the SmartArt selected in your document. Navigate up to the SmartArt Design area at the top of your screen, and click on Add Shape. You can choose whether to add the shape above or below the selected box.

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Note: The instructions and tutorial above are for Macs. For PC instructions, click here to learn about adding shapes, and click here to learn about adding SmartArt.

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