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smart art can be used to communicate
information with graphics instead of
text giving you the chance to add color
shape and interest to parts of your
document with so many styles to choose
from smart art makes it easy to
illustrate your point I need to create a
graphic that shows the organization of
the people at my company to get started
click where you want your smart art to
go then go to insert if you click the
SmartArt command a list of categories
will appear along with the graphics you
have to choose from and a preview the
type of SmartArt I'm looking for should
be under hierarchy let's give this one a
try
all you have to do here is start typing
your information and it appears on the
SmartArt resized so it fits the shape
automatically
you can also enter your text in the
shapes themselves which is fine for a
simple graphic like this but for
something more complex it might be
easier to stick with the task pane
notice the design and format tabs that
appear whenever you have your SmartArt
selected from here an easy way to add
more shapes to your SmartArt is to
select a shape near the location you
have in mind then click add shape you
can add one after or before your current
shape which will place them on the same
level or add one above or below
on second thought I should have placed
this one level higher right under the
owner's name that's okay you can change
the level of any shape using demote to
move it down or promote to move it up
you can also perform the same actions
from within the task pane using your
keyboard pressing the tab key will
demote a shape while backspace promotes
a shape it's a lot like creating an
outline with a multi-level list you can
even add shapes to the list by pressing
enter
since I don't need this shape though I'm
going to delete it
I'm also going to go ahead and delete
these other shapes by selecting each
bullet then pressing backspace
now my SmartArt has text but it still
looks a little bland
so I'm going to change the look of the
graphic using SmartArt styles
click the drop-down arrow here to see
the full list of styles you can hover
over each style for a live preview
I like this one word also provides a
variety of color schemes to use with
SmartArt to change the graphics color
click the change colors command and just
select one you like color schemes are
designed to match theme colors so your
choices will vary depending on which
theme you're using 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 from the
layouts group click the more drop-down
arrow I'd like something a little more
unique looking like this one you can
also change the appearance of individual
shapes just select one or more switch to
the format tab and take advantage of any
of the options here for example I'd like
to change the color of the text in these
shapes so that it's easier to read
you
smart art is a great way to incorporate
more graphics into your document and to
communicate with the reader in a way
that says eye catching as it is
effective