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WordArt is a feature that lets you add effects
to

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your text,

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and it's really useful when you just
want to give a

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title or a heading some more energy,

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and it's also just a great feature to
experiment with.

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I want this presentation to have a fun,
informal look,

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and it would be great if the Going Green
text could be a little more interesting.

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I'm going to highlight the text, and then
go to

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the Format tab.

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And we're going to focus on the WordArt Styles
group.

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If you click the More drop-down arrow, you
can

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choose a pre-defined WordArt style,

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and this will apply several different effects
to the text at once.

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But none of these are quite what I'm looking
for,

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so I'm going to click out of that.

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And I'm just going to create my own WordArt
by

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selecting a Fill color,

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an Outline color, and some effects.

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Let's start by choosing an effect.

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The Transform effects will actually change
the

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shape of the text.

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I'd like it to have kind of a wavy look.

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For the outline, I'd like a really bright
green.

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So I'll go to the Text Outline drop-down arrow.

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And if you don't see the exact color you want,
you

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can go to More Outline Colors.

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But if it's a color that you've already used
in

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the presentation,

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then it may also appear in
Recent colors.

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And this is the color that I'm looking for.

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And for the fill color, I want a medium-dark
green.

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And here is the color that I want.

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If you want, you can even add some more effects
until you get it exactly the way you want

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it.

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I think I'd just like to add a bevel.

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This will make the text look kind of 3-D.

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Now, the text has the unique look that I was
going

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for.

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And you can just experiment with different
effects

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and colors, and see what you can come up with.