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There are
more ways of enhancing Microsoft Word documents than simply making the text
bold, italic or underlined. Making an impact is the keyword when creating any
document, whether it be a simple letter or a more complex publication. WordArt
can help you achieve that impact with the minimum of fuss and effort. So take
this guided tour of WordArt and see how quickly your document creation improves.
By Design
To start
working with WordArt open a new word document and then click the
Drawing
icon on the main toolbar. The first thing you notice is that a new toolbar set
has appeared at the bottom of the Word document window. This toolbar has a host
of interesting icons, but the one we are most interested in is the one marked
‘A’. (Fig 1)
Fig 1: The
Drawing Toolbar
Fig 2: The
WordArt Gallery
Text Options to Die
For
You will
notice that you have rather a large choice of WordArt options. Double click on
any one of the options and a new Edit Text window will appear (Fig 3)
Fig 3: Edit
WordArt Text window
Type the text
you want to add to your document in the text dialogue box. As you can see you
can add embellishments like Bold or
Italic simply by clicking the
relevant button at the top of the window. At the same time you can also make
changes to the Font type and size by clicking the relevant font and/or
size selection arrows.
Creative
Masterpiece
After typing
in your text and making any adjustment for font type and/or size simply click
the OK button and the text you typed into the WordArt text dialogue box
will instantly be inserted into your Microsoft Word document. (Fig 4)
Fig 4: The
finished WordArt
It really is
that simple. So now there is no excuse not to liven up your word documents and
make then stand out from the crowd. And if you are not satisfied with having
horizontal text, why not change it to vertical (Fig 5).
Fig 5:
Vertically Lined Text
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