Microsoft Word 2010 - Level 2

CHAPTER 17 WORDART
INFOCUS

WPL_W841

WordArt enables you to display text graphically by applying colours

and effects to text. For example, you can apply a glow or reflection
to your text. You can also distort text using WordArt. Word provides
many WordArt styles that you can easily apply to text for that
creative touch and to make a visual statement.

In this session you will:

 gain an understanding of WordArt

 learn how to apply WordArt
 learn how to position WordArt
 learn how to edit WordArt text
 learn how to apply font formatting to WordArt text
 learn how to apply text effects to WordArt text
 learn how to delete WordArt.

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UNDERSTANDING WORDART
Words presented as graphics, with colour, text. WordArt can be used to emphasise specific
distortion, shadows or other 3D effects can add words, for headings and cover pages, for example.
interest and impact to a document. In Word you You can apply a WordArt style to text and then
can create these effects by applying WordArt to modify the style to suit your needs.

The WordArt Gallery

The WordArt gallery provides 30 styles to choose
from. To display the WordArt gallery, click on the Insert
tab and then click on WordArt in the Text group.

The Difference Between WordArt And Text

Effects
The styles in the WordArt gallery are based on the
range of available text effects in Word. When
applying text effects to text, you simply select the text
and then apply the desired effects. However, when
applying WordArt to text, the text will be placed into a
text box. The text box can then be repositioned,
resized and the like.

WordArt Text Effects

Once you have applied a WordArt style to your text, you can then modify the style as required using
the tools available on the Drawing Tools > Format tab that appears when you apply WordArt. As well
as changing the fill and outline colour, for example, Word provides a range of text effects that you can
apply:

You can also apply gradients and patterns to text.

WordArt Controls
WordArt is created with special handles that enable
you to adjust its size, position and shape. The blue
squares on the sides and blue circles on the
corners are used for sizing. The green circle at the
top is used for rotation. Some text effects, such as
the transform effects, will also display an angle
handle, which appears as a pink diamond. This can
be used to adjust the angle of the text.

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APPLYING WORDART
There are two ways to apply WordArt to text. Or you can select a WordArt style first and then
You can select existing text and then select a type the text into the text box that appears. WordArt
style from the WordArt gallery, at which point is best used for short snippets of text, such as
Word will copy and insert the text into a text box. headings and captions, for example.

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Try This Yourself:
Before starting this exercise
Open
File

you MUST open the file W841

WordArt_1.docx...

 Click on the Insert tab, then

click on WordArt in the
Text group to display the
WordArt gallery

 Point to the different styles

When you point to a WordArt
style, its name will be
displayed as a tool tip. There
are six styles in each row...

 Click on Fill - Blue, Accent 1,

Inner Shadow – Accent 1 to
3
apply this style and create a
WordArt text box
A text box will be inserted
somewhere on the page. Your
text here appears highlighted
in a new text box ready for you
to type the text…

 Type AGE Research Institute

then press and type
4

Green Force Project

 Click outside the text box on a

blank area of the document
The text box will no longer be
editable…

 Save the document

For Your Reference… Handy to Know…

To apply WordArt:  WordArt is automatically sized to 36 pt. The
1. Click on the Insert tab, then click on font that is used is determined by the style
WordArt in the Text group that you select. You can change these
settings in the Edit WordArt Text dialog box
2. Click on a WordArt style as you create the WordArt.
3. Type the required text

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POSITIONING WORDART
When you apply WordArt, the text box will be must first select the text box and then drag it to its
placed at the insertion point in the document. As new location. As well as dragging the text box to
such, you’ll probably need to move the text box move it, you can also use the various Position
into position. To move a WordArt text box you commands to position the text box precisely.

3
Try This Yourself:
Continue using the previous file
Same
File

with this exercise, or open the

file W841 WordArt_2.docx...

 Click in the WordArt text box to

display the boundary of the text
box 6

 Hover the point over the

boundary of the text box so that
a four-headed arrow appears
You will now select the text box.
An unbroken boundary line
means that the text box is
selected…

 Click once on the boundary line

to select the text box

 Click on the Format tab, then

click on Position in the
Arrange group to display the
Position menu

 Click on Position in Top

Centre with Square Text
Wrapping to position the text
box
You will now move the text box
further down the page…

 Click and hold the left mouse

button on the boundary line of
the text box and drag down into
its new position as shown

 Save the document

For Your Reference… Handy to Know…

To position WordArt:  As well as dragging the text box to position
1. Click on the text box to select it and then: your WordArt, you can use the , ,
and keys to position the text box
 Click on the Format tab and then click on
precisely.
Position and select a position
or
 Drag the text box to its new position

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EDITING WORDART TEXT

Editing text in a WordArt text box is the same as In this exercise you will update some of the existing
if you were editing text in a normal document. text in the WordArt text box to demonstrate editing
You must first either select the text or position the text in a text box.
cursor and then type or edit the text as required.

1
Try This Yourself:
Continue using the previous
Same

file with this exercise, or open

File

the file W841

WordArt_3.docx...

 Double-click on the word

Project in the WordArt text
box to select it 3
When you double-click on a
word in a text box, the text box
automatically becomes active
(editable)…

 Type Venture

 Click outside the text box to

deselect the text box and view
the result

 Save the document

For Your Reference… Handy to Know…

To edit WordArt text:  As well as editing the text in a WordArt text
1. Click in the WordArt text box to position the box, you can apply font and paragraph
cursor, or select the text to edit formatting to selected text using any of the
formatting commands on the Home tab.
2. Make the changes
3. Deselect the text box

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FORMATTING WORDART TEXT

Once you’ve applied a WordArt style to your text, can also apply paragraph formatting to WordArt
you can format the WordArt text as required to text. In this exercise you will modify the font colour
personalise the WordArt, such as changing the and increase the font size of the WordArt text.
font colour, size, type and style, for example. You

1
Try This Yourself:
Continue using the previous file with
Same
File

this exercise, or open the file W841

WordArt_4.docx...

 Select the text box, click on the

Home tab, then double-click in Font
size and type 48, then press
Increasing the font size has also
increased the size of the text box
and it is interfering with the text
below it. To fix this you will need to 4
change text wrapping for the text
box so that it does not interfere with
other elements on the page…

 With the text box selected, click on

the Format tab, then click on Wrap
Text to display a menu of text
wrapping options

 Click on In front of text

You will notice that the text box now
sits in front of the text…

 Position the text box as shown

You will now change the font
colour…

 With the text box selected, click on

the Format tab, then click on Text
Outline to display colour
options

 Click on Aqua, Accent 5 to apply

this colour to the WordArt text

 Save the document

For Your Reference… Handy to Know…

To format WordArt text:  As well as formatting the WordArt text, you
1. Select the text box or select the text to be can also format the text box, such as
formatted applying borders and shading and the like.
Select the text box, and then apply formatting
2. Apply formatting using the formatting
using the Shapes commands on the Format
commands on the Home tab and Format tab
tab.
as required

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APPLYING TEXT EFFECTS

Each of the styles in the WordArt gallery is effects or apply different text effects to the style.
created using a combination of different text Some of the effects include glow, reflection, 3D,
effects available in Word. Once you have transforming, shadow and bevel. Here you will
applied WordArt to text, you can modify the text apply a glow to the WordArt and transform the text.

1
Try This Yourself:
Continue using the previous
Same

file with this exercise, or open

File

the file W841

WordArt_5.docx...

 Select the text box 2

 Click on the Format tab, then

click on Text Effects in
the WordArt Styles group to
display the Text Effects menu

 Point to Glow to display the

various glow effect options

 Click on Blue, 11pt glow,

Accent Colour 1 to apply this
glow effect to the WordArt text
You will now transform the
text…

 With the text box selected,

click on Text Effects in
the WordArt Styles group to
display the Text Effects menu

 Point to Transform to display

the various transform effects

 Click on Can Up under Warp

styles to apply this text effect

 Deselect the text box and view

the result

 Save the document

For Your Reference… Handy to Know…

To apply text effects to WordArt text:  Make sure to consider your audience and
1. Select the WordArt text box communication purpose when applying text
effects. Many of the text effects, while
2. Click on the Format tab, then click on in visually appealing and interesting, may not
the WordArt Styles group be appropriate to the audience or tone of the
3. Point to a text effect to display a menu of document.
effects, then click on an effect to apply

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DELETING WORDART
If you have inserted WordArt that you no longer adjust to fill the space that becomes available on
want or need, you can easily delete the text box. the page. If the WordArt is formatted as being in
If the WordArt text box has text-wrapping options front of text, the text will be unaffected.
applied, the text surrounding the text box will

1
Try This Yourself:
Before starting this exercise
Open
File

you MUST open the file W841

WordArt_6.docx...

 Select the text box

 Press
The WordArt will be removed
but the text will not readjust as
the text box had the In front of
text text-wrapping option
applied to it...

 Press
deletion
+ to undo the

 Save and close the document

For Your Reference… Handy to Know…

To delete WordArt:  To convert WordArt into normal text with text
1. Select the WordArt text box effects applied, select the text in the text box,
then press + to copy the WordArt text,
2. Press or
then delete the text box. Press + to
paste the text into the document. The
WordArt will then behave like other text in the
document but with text effects applied.

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