Project 2: AutoTools
Word Art

Step-by-Step: WordArt

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What you will learn:

to create a logo using WordArt to change the color and fill effect

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Start with: , letter-AAA2.doc

Create WordArt

1. Open the Drawing toolbar, if necessary, by clicking on the Drawing button on the Standard toolbar. This bar is often docked at the bottom edge of the window.

   
   

2. Click on the WordArt button. The WordArt Gallery appears with 30 pre-designed special effects.
    
   
3. Choose the special effect scheme shown in row 4 column 2.
   
   
4. Click on OK. The dialog named Edit WordArt Text opens.
    
5. Type as replacement text  AAA Sales .
    
6. Change the font to Rockwell Extra Bold. (if you don't have this font, choose Rockwell or something similar and click the Bold button.)
    
   
7. Leave the Size at 36.
    
8. Click on OK to insert your WordArt into your letter.
   Your WordArt will appear somewhere on the page. You may need to move the WordArt toolbar to see if the toolbar is floating.
   Word 2002/2003 uses circles instead of squares for the handles. The green circle is an anchor point for rotating the WordArt.
   

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Modify WordArt Color/Fill

1. Drag the WordArt to the upper right of the letter.

   WordArt won't drag: The image is not floating but is inline with the text. Right click on the Word Art and select Format WordArt. On the Layout or Wrapping tab, click on Square and then on OK. Now you can drag the WordArt to the upper right of the letter.
    

2. On the WordArt bar, click on the Format WordArt button to open its dialog. If necessary, select the Colors and Lines tab.
    
   
3. Click on the arrow to open the choices for Fill Color. A fill is a color, texture, or pattern applied to a space.
    
4. Click on Fill Effects at the bottom of the palette. The dialog opens with the Gradient tab open.

   A gradient is a gradual change from one color to another.

   
   

5. Open the color palette for Color 1 by clicking the arrow at its right. Hold the pointer over a color square in the drop list to see its name in a popup tip.
    

6. Change Color 1 to Pale Blue and Color 2 to Teal.
    

7. Experiment with the shading styles. Look at the Sample box at the bottom right of the dialog to see what you'd get with that choice.
    
8. Leave the Shading style set as Horizontal.
    
   
9. Click on OK to close the Gradient dialog and again on OK to close the Fill Effects dialog. Your text is re-colored.
    
   
10. Close the WordArt toolbar.
     
11. Save as  letter-AAA3.doc  in the  word project 2  folder on your Class disk.
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