- Introduction
- Locating and Inserting Clip Art
- Inserting a Picture
- Inserting a Picture Screen Shot
- Adding an Artistic Style to a Picture
- Adding a Quick Style to a Picture
- Applying a Shape to a Picture
- Applying a Border to a Picture
- Applying Picture Effects
- Modifying Picture Size
- Compressing a Picture
- Correcting a Picture
- Recoloring a Picture
- Cropping and Rotating a Picture
- Removing a Picture Background
- Creating WordArt Text
- Formatting WordArt Text
- Applying WordArt Text Effects
- Modifying WordArt Text Position
- Creating SmartArt Graphics
- Formatting a SmartArt Graphic
- Modifying a SmartArt Graphic
- Adding Pictures to a SmartArt Graphic
- Creating an Organization Chart
- Inserting and Creating a Chart
- Changing a Chart Layout and Style
- Changing Chart Labels
- Formatting Line and Bar Charts
- Editing Chart Data
- Saving a Chart Template
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Creating SmartArt Graphics
SmartArt graphics allow you to create diagrams that convey processes or relationships. Office provides a wide variety of built-in SmartArt graphic types, including graphical lists, process, cycle, hierarchy, relationship, matrix, pyramid, picture (New!), and Office.com (New!). Using built-in SmartArt graphics makes it easy to create and modify charts without having to create them from scratch. To quickly see if you like a SmartArt graphic layout, point to a thumbnail in the gallery to display a live preview of it in the selected shape. If you like it, you can apply it.
Create a SmartArt Graphic
Click the Insert tab.
Click the SmartArt button.
In the left pane, click a category, such as All, List, Process, Cycle, Hierarchy, Relationship, Matrix, or Pyramid.
In the middle pane, click a SmartArt graphic style type.
Click OK.
The SmartArt graphic appears in the document.
SmartArt Graphic Purposes
Type
Purpose
List
Show non-sequential information
Process
Show steps in a process or timeline
Cycle
Show a continual process
Hierarchy
Show a decision tree or create an organization chart
Relationship
Illustrate connections
Matrix
Show how parts relate to a whole
Pyramid
Show proportional relationships up and down
Picture
Convert a picture to a SmartArt graphic (New!)
Office.com
Show SmartArt graphics from Office.com (New!)
Click the Text Pane button, or click the control with two arrows along the left side of the selection to show the Text pane.
Label the shapes by doing one of the following:
- Type text in the [Text] box.
You can use the arrow keys to move around the Text pane, or use the Promote or Demote buttons to indent.
- At the end of a line, press Enter to insert a line (shape), or select line text, and then press Delete to remove a line (shape).
- Click a shape, and then type text directly into the shape.
- Type text in the [Text] box.
When you’re done, click outside of the SmartArt graphic.
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Convert Text to a SmartArt Graphic
- In PowerPoint, select the text box with the text you want to convert to a SmartArt graphic.
- Click the Home tab.
- Click the Convert to SmartArt Graphic button.
The gallery displays layouts designed for bulleted lists.
- To view the entire list of layout, click More SmartArt Graphics.
- Point to a layout.
A live preview of the style appears in the current shape.
- Click the layout for the SmartArt graphic you want from the gallery to apply it to the selected shape.
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