304 : Word Art


Unit 5 PDA 304 : prepared by Ben Matthews : October 23 and 25, 2000 \| February 27, March 1, 2001 : NCHS room 161
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Word Art can be a nice way to "jazz up" your documents. You can also use Word Art in Power Point presentations and even on web pages.	Word Art Types \| Tools \| Tips & Tricks Types Word Art itself is a Microsoft created product. However, the idea of using words and text "artistically" has been around a much longer time. When referring to "types" in reference to Word Art, there are several "styles" of Word Art to choose from. You should decide on your purpose and then allow that to determine the style: circular banner outlines backgrounds 3-D waves shapes return to top Tools Word Art itself can be created and used directly in Microsoft's productivity tools such as Word and Power Point. However, you can then take that Word Art and create an image (gif or jpg) and use it in web page or other documents, etc. Microsoft Word/Power Point In your document you should see a "drawing toolbar" If not, right click on the top toolbar and then click on "drawing" and it should appear <<<This is the word art icon This is the Word Art Gallery you can choose from Then you can edit the text and make it your own click "ok" and it inserts it into your document now you can move it and manipulate it or completely change it again Creating an Image with Your Word Art To create a gif or jpeg image from your Word Art, do all of the following and then: right click the word art select copy go to START go to "programs" go to accessories open "paint" go to edit / paste or right click in paint and select paste now you can add to it or leave it as it is . . . go to "file" select "save as . . ." name the file select the file type - probably will limit you to BMPs - you can then open this BMP in PhotoEditor and resave it as a gif or jpeg now you can access and use that image in a number of applications return to top Tips & Tricks some Word Art looks more professional than other decide on the purpose and use and then design it according to that maybe you could come up with a "logo" that you use on a newsletter you make in Word and then you could use the same logo on a classroom webpage by following the above directions. be creative, play around, have fun you can incorporate word art in or on a photo by inserting in on top of a photo in Phot Editor return to top

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Unit 5 PDA 304 : prepared by Ben Matthews : October 23 and 25, 2000 \| February 27, March 1, 2001 : NCHS room 161
go to >>>	graphicsbasics \| digitalcameras \| scanners \| wordart \| practice \| eval. \| home
Word Art can be a nice way to "jazz up" your documents. You can also use Word Art in Power Point presentations and even on web pages.	Word Art Types \| Tools \| Tips & Tricks Types Word Art itself is a Microsoft created product. However, the idea of using words and text "artistically" has been around a much longer time. When referring to "types" in reference to Word Art, there are several "styles" of Word Art to choose from. You should decide on your purpose and then allow that to determine the style: circular banner outlines backgrounds 3-D waves shapes return to top Tools Word Art itself can be created and used directly in Microsoft's productivity tools such as Word and Power Point. However, you can then take that Word Art and create an image (gif or jpg) and use it in web page or other documents, etc. Microsoft Word/Power Point In your document you should see a "drawing toolbar" If not, right click on the top toolbar and then click on "drawing" and it should appear <<<This is the word art icon This is the Word Art Gallery you can choose from Then you can edit the text and make it your own click "ok" and it inserts it into your document now you can move it and manipulate it or completely change it again Creating an Image with Your Word Art To create a gif or jpeg image from your Word Art, do all of the following and then: right click the word art select copy go to START go to "programs" go to accessories open "paint" go to edit / paste or right click in paint and select paste now you can add to it or leave it as it is . . . go to "file" select "save as . . ." name the file select the file type - probably will limit you to BMPs - you can then open this BMP in PhotoEditor and resave it as a gif or jpeg now you can access and use that image in a number of applications return to top Tips & Tricks some Word Art looks more professional than other decide on the purpose and use and then design it according to that maybe you could come up with a "logo" that you use on a newsletter you make in Word and then you could use the same logo on a classroom webpage by following the above directions. be creative, play around, have fun you can incorporate word art in or on a photo by inserting in on top of a photo in Phot Editor return to top

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