I'm working on a presentation for my job
at the hi-tech Technology Center I know
the topics I want to cover in the
presentation so I've already inserted
slides for each area I want to talk
about right now I want to edit the title
slide so it will really get the
audience's attention
I think I'll apply a word art style to
this text word arts is a feature in Word
and PowerPoint that allows the user to
create stylized text with textures
shadows outlines and more to apply a
word art style just select the text box
and then click the format tab that
appears you can see the group of word
art styles now select the text and hover
over the word art styles to see a live
preview on the slide you can click the
down arrow to see more or click the more
arrow to see all the possible styles
here I'll try this one
just click it to select it you have the
option of changing the fill color just
click the commands and hover over the
color options to see a live preview on
the slide you could choose a filled
color that matches and looks good or a
color that doesn't quite look right you
can also use no field or access more
colors than the ones above you can use a
picture on your computer to fill the
text a gradient like these or a texture
option when you find one you like just
click it to select it if you want to
change the text outline just click the
command to see color options for the
outline you'll see that in addition to
the outline color you can change the
weight or the
width of the outline and even the style
of the line when you see a color you
like just select it you've probably
noticed by now that you can make a word
art that looks nice and professional or
you can choose from a wide variety of
colors and end up with something that
doesn't look very good
like my title slide let's go back to
word art styles and she's a different
one let's see I like this one it's
pretty simple now before we finish let
me show you one other word art commands
called text effects just click the
command and you'll see a wide variety of
options you can add shadows to your text
some of which are subtle or you can add
a reflection of the text this word art
style already has a reflection so we
don't need those you can add a simple
glow to the text or a really bright glow
you have bevel options that modify the
text and some 3d options also finally
you have some transform options that
transform the text and some interesting
ways this is what most people think
about when they think of word arts you
want to be careful when you create your
slides some of these transform options
are really fun looking but I don't think
they help my title slide look very
professional so I'll just skip these as
you can see word art really helps me
format the text on my title slide just
remember when you work with word art
that just because you can format text in
a certain way doesn't mean you should
imagine if I had used a transform 3d &
Glow options
I might have ended up with a title slide
like this or like this one but I'm happy
with how this looks now I'd like to show
you how to insert a shape and power
points there are many times when you
will use shapes as you creates various
slides here on this title slide I'd like
to add a star between the words high in
tech since our company logo uses a star
on the Home tab click these shapes
command to display a menu of shape
options we have everything from basic
shapes to math signs I'll just click the
shape I want to insert and as I move the
cursor to ward the slide it changes to a
cross when I reach the location I want
to insert the shape I'll click and hold
down the mouse button and drag the
cursor until the star is the right size
and then I'll release the button after I
insert the shape I can see that a format
tab has appeared on the ribbon I can
select it and see a variety of
formatting options in the shapes style
group I have some options for formatting
the shape I can hover over each style to
see a live preview of it and click the
more arrow to see all the style options
here I like this one so I'll just click
it to select it I can also change the
shape fill color by clicking the command
and choosing an option or I can change
the shape outline these commands work
the same way as the fill colors and
outline colors do in word art styles you
can also apply a shape effect this menu
should look pretty familiar to you I
want a glow option so I'll select it and
then click an option to choose one of
the glow effects there that looks good
now I just need to select a text box and
add a few extra spaces between the words
I'll just click and drag the star to the
desired location yeah right here between
the words now I can resize and move the
shape just like I do text boxes and
pictures you may have noticed that
there's an insert shapes group right
here on the format tab you can use this
group to insert a shape if the format
tab is already available it may save you
a bit of time because you don't have to
go to the shapes command on the Home tab
but the shape options are the same in
both places also from this group you can
add a text box inside a shape and add
text if the shape is large enough word
arts and shapes are two very different
features but you can see here how both
can be used together or separately to
allow you to create effective slides now
you give it a try