now that you've entered all your
information into the graphic you can
decide whether you like the layout you
have chosen if not you can select
another layout in the layouts group just
hover over an option to see a live
preview of the layouts on the slide to
see all the available layouts scroll
through the list or click the more
drop-down arrow some of these will look
good with your texts while others may
not look quite right remember some
layouts can accommodate more text than
others if you find a layout you like
just click to select it as soon as you
do this you'll notice the images in the
SmartArt styles group change the styles
that appear in this group are based on
the layout you choose I liked the
previous layout better so I'll just
click undo on the quick access toolbar
and my SmartArt graphic will change on
the slide and in a SmartArt Styles group
in addition to changing the layouts you
can change the color variation applied
to the graphic and the SmartArt style
with the SmartArt graphics selected just
click the change color commands on the
design tab we can see a menu of color
options including ones related to the
theme some really colourful ones and
other variations of single colors as you
hover over an option a live preview of
it appears on the slide to select one
just click it as soon as you select a
color the SmartArt graphic on the slide
will change and the thumbnail images of
the SmartArt graphic styles will change
awesome now if you want to apply a smart
art style to the graphic you can just
hover over each option to see a live
preview on the slide to see more you can
scroll through the styles or click the
more arrow to display all the options
there are some that PowerPoint
determines are the best match for this
presentation and some other interesting
options here I like this simple one so
I'll just
get to select it if at any time you want
to go back to the original SmartArt
graphic before you applied any colors or
styles just click reset graphic I'm
happy with my changes so I'll leave it
as it is
PowerPoint also gives you the ability to
format the graphic so that it appears
just like you want it to when you insert
a SmartArt graphic the format tab
appeared on the ribbon these commands
may look familiar to you because they
are the same commands used with text
boxes shapes and for applying word art I
like this circle to be a different color
than the rest of the shapes since it is
the center of the graphic and maybe even
have an effective draw attention to it
let's take a look at our organization
hierarchy SmartArt graphic on slide 6
just select the graphic and then select
the design tab when we were working on
the last graphic I mentioned that with
some layouts you can use the promote and
demote commands in the create graphic
group we can use these commands on this
graphic for example Carol's summer the
intern has just been promoted to a
designer if you look at the brackets
currently she reports to Todd ham and he
reports to Elizabeth Walter who promotes
Carol just select the shape and then
click the promotes command we can see
the brackets move and Carol and type
both near reports you Elizabeth this was
a very clear-cut change but sometimes it
is not that easy
for example let's send it Jim has been
promoted to head salesperson Bob still
manages the salespeople but Jim has new
responsibilities
when we click promotes to promote Jim
the graph
it changes and Bob is no longer his boss
to make the charts correct
you can select Jim and then click the
add shape command from the menu choose
add shape above and now a new shape
appears that is above Jim and the other
salespeople we can just enter Bob's
information and then delete the other
shape well I want you to understand is
that you can use the commands in the
creates graphic group to format the
graphic the way you wish it may not
always be as simple as clicking one
commands but with these few tools you
can add and move shapes to create the
graphic that meets your needs I hope you
can see how easy SmartArt graphics are
to use and what a professional touch
they add to the presentation