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Creating Word Art
Word Art is an easy way to add interest to your document: 
  1. Click Insert-Picture-Word Art. The following screen will appear:

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    Word Art window 

  2. Select the style you want for your Word Art and click OK.
  3. A window will appear requesting your text for the Word Art. You can also change the font style and size in this window.
 

 
Formatting Word Art
Now that you've created your Word Art, you can change it's size, move it, change it's shading, allow other text to wrap around it and lock it's position relative to text it should be by. 
  1. Click on the Word Art and click Format-Word Art.
  2. The format screen appears.
  3. There are several tabs available in this format screen: 
    • Colors and Lines - Change the fill of your Word Art. 
    • Size - Change the size in exact measurements or by percentages. 
    • Position - Change the position of the Word Art and lock it to specific text and make sure it stays on the same page as that text. 
    • Wrapping - Change the wrapping around your object to Square, Tight, Through, None, or Top & Bottom. 
  4. Change any of the options in the formatting screen so your text box appears the way you want. You can also click and drag to move the Word Art. 

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    You also have a Word Art toolbar that appears when you click on your Word Art. You have several options on this toolbar: 
    Word Art Toolbar 

    • Insert Word Art iconInsert Word Art - Click to create new Word Art. 
    • Edit Text iconEdit Text - Click to edit the text of the selected Word Art. 
    • Word Art Gallery iconWord Art Gallery - Click to change the style of Word Art for the selected Word Art. 
    • Format Word Art iconFormat Word Art - Click to enter the formatting screen described earlier. 
    • Word Art Shape iconWord Art Shape - Click to change the shape of the selected Word Art. 
    • Free Rotate iconFree Rotate - Click to rotate the selected Word Art. 
    • Word Art Same Letter Heights iconWord Art Same Letter Heights - Click to make all the letters the same height in the selected Word Art. Also click to return the selected Word Art to normal. 
    • Word Art Vertical Text iconWord Art Vertical Text - Click to make the selected Word Art into vertical text. Also click to return the selected Word Art to normal. 
    • Word Art Alignment iconWord Art Alignment - Click to select the alignment style for the selected Word Art. 
    • Word Art Character Spacing iconWord Art Character Spacing - Click to increase or decrease the character spacing for the selected Word Art. 
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