WordArt for Interesting Titles and Headlines
WordArt has been rewritten in Excel 2007. As in previous versions, WordArt is best used sparingly-possibly for a headline or title at the top of a page. It is best used for impressive display fonts to add interest to a report. You would probably not want to create an entire 20-page document in WordArt.
To use WordArt, you follow these steps:
- Select a blank section of the worksheet.
- From the Insert ribbon, choose the WordArt drop-down.
- Choose from the 30 WordArt presets in the drop-down.
These presets seem less exciting than the WordArt in prior versions of Excel. - Excel adds the generic text Your Text Here in the preset WordArt you chose. Select this default text and then type your own text.
- Select the text. Choose a new font style by using either the mini toolbar that appears or the Home ribbon.
- Use the WordArt Styles group on the Drawing Tools Format ribbon to color the WordArt. To the right of the Styles drop-down are icons for text color and line color and a drop-down for effects. The Effects drop-down includes the fly-out menus Shadow, Reflection, Glow, Soft Edges, Bevel, and 3D Rotation.
- To achieve the old-style WordArt effects, from the Format ribbon, select Drawing Tools, WordArt Styles, Text Effects, Transform and then select a shape for the text.
To change the style of any or all of the WordArt, highlight the portion you want to change and choose Drawing Tools Format> Quick Styles to make a selection.
The controls in the Drawing Tools> Format> Shape Styles group operate on the shape that contains the text, not the text. If you want to apply text formatting, use the control in the Drawing Tools> Format> WordArt Styles group. You can also use some of the standard formatting controls on the Home tab or the Mini toolbar. In addition, right-click the WordArt and select Format Text Effects for more formatting options.
In this tutorial:
- Excel Graphics, Shapes WordArt and Text Boxes
- Using Shapes to Display Cell Contents
- Create a Custom Shape
- Formatting Shapes
- Reshaping Shapes and Printing objects
- Adding text boxes
- WordArt for Interesting Titles and Headlines
- Constructing SmartArt
- Add Clip Art
- Manipulate Graphics
- Adding Pictures to a Worksheet
- Crop an Image
- Picture Borders, Effects, and Styles
- Align Multiple Graphics
- Save your Graphic