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SmartArt allows you to communicate
information with graphics instead of
just using text there are a variety of
styles to choose from which you can use
to illustrate many different types of
ideas in this example I need to create a
graphic to show the organization of the
people at my company start by clicking
the slide where you want the SmartArt to
appear then go to the insert tab select
the SmartArt command and you'll see a
list of categories and graphics to
choose from the type of SmartArt I'm
looking for is under the hierarchy
category
the graphic will appear with the text
pane on the left now if that's not
visible just click this small arrow here
to toggle it on and off now all you have
to do is start typing and the text will
appear in your SmartArt graphic it'll
also be resized to fit the shape
automatically see how each poet
corresponds to its own shape now you can
also enter your text in the shapes
themselves which is fine for a simple
graphic like this but for something more
complex you'll probably want to stick
with the text pane
you can also rearrange these shapes from
within the text pane using your keyboard
pressing the tab key will demote or move
down a shape while backspace promotes or
moves up a shape it's a lot like
creating an outline with a multi-level
list you can even add new shapes to the
list by pressing enter
since I don't need that shape though I'm
going to go ahead and delete it
just select the bullet for the shape you
want to delete then press backspace on
your keyboard
and I'll go ahead and get rid of these
other shapes too
now if you'd prefer not to use the text
pane for these tasks just look to the
design and format tabs that appear
whenever you have your SmartArt selected
from here you can easily add rearrange
and remove shapes in your graphic now
I'm going to customize the appearance of
this graphic using SmartArt styles click
the drop down arrow here to see a full
list and hover over each style for a
preview
PowerPoint
several color schemes for you to use
with SmartArt simply click the change
colors command and choose something you
like
now if you decide you don't like the way
your information is organized within a
SmartArt graphic you can always change
its layout to better fit your content
start by selecting the graphic you'd
like to change then in the layouts group
click the more drop-down arrow and
choose the one you want
you can also change the appearance and
formatting of individual shapes and the
text inside just select one or more
shapes switch to the format tab
Vantage of any of the options here
in this example I'm just going to tweak
the fill color for this shape
smarter is a great way to incorporate
more graphics into your presentation and
communicate complicated ideas with
simple illustrations