Using Word Art
This tool allows for the user to create stunning graphics quickly and easily.
Word Art
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In the lower part of the second panel click on the
Word Art button and position your crosshairs
to draw a box as indicated below:
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Position crosshairs and click and hold down the left mouse button
drag your crosshairs to the other position as indicated above and unclick the left mouse button
Notice that when you unclick the left mouse button, a new dialogue box appears. This box lets you insert a symbol and edit the text for your word art.
Type the name of your game to replace "Your Name Here." Then click on Update Display.
Notice that your Word Art box updated to show the new game title.
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Look above and to the left-hand side of the screen to notice that a toolbar of new tools have appeared to aid you in modifying your word art. |
Click on bold to bold your text 
Click on Plain Text and select Deflate
Click on Stretch 
Click on Rotate 
and a new dialogue box appears
Change the Slider to 70% and click ok.
Now click off of the Word Art frame to turn of Word Art. Lets look and see what we have done so far:
We still need to make a few changes. Double click on the Word Art frame and the Word Art Dialogue box is activated again.
Click on Shading 
and change it to Navy and click ok.
Click on shadow 
and select the 
and keep the color at silver, then click ok.
Finally, click on the Border 
and select Thin Line and click ok.
Now click off the Word Art frame and view your results.
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Finally, click on the word art frame one time and
set the color 
to white. Remember, the tool is in the upper right hand corner
of the program. Two edit the text double click on the word art
frame.
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So far, your publication should look something like:
Panels 1 and 2
Panels 3 and 4
Credits
Microsoft Corporation. "Publisher" (1 October, 2001).
© Rodger Matthew Dohm, Business Department, Poway High School, Poway Unified School District