WordArt

WordArt gives the user the ability to modify and manipulate words into an attractive graphic.

  1. Add a new slide and choose the 'Object' layout. Click in the title placeholder and type in "Today's Press Release".
  2. Double-click in the object placeholder and choose Create, and from the sub-menus, New and then Microsoft WordArt. Alternatively, click on the WordArt button (illustrated above left) on the drawing bar.
  3. Type in "First Able laptop PC due out in two weeks (Enter) Retailing at less then £900." in the 'Enter your text here' dialog box.
  4. Select the text and slant it by using the Free Rotate button.
  5. Click on the green circular handles which appear and drag approximately 20° anticlockwise.
  6. Add shadow to text by selecting the text and clicking on the Shadow button in the Toolbar.

Your slide should look something like this:

Other options include double-clicking the WordArt toolbar (illustrated below) and selecting the WordArt Shape icon. This allows you to change the shape of the text.

To alter the text colour, click on the Format WordArt icon, for options to use different colours, lines, sizes and positions.

Print using the File menu and selecting Print. In the Print dialog box is a section titled Print What, here you should select Handouts and next to that, 6 slides per page. Add speaker's notes and print using the Notes option under Print What on the Print dialog box.

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