Microsoft Excel 2013 Inside Out

Chapter 10. Creating and formatting graphics

• Using the Shapes tools

• Creating WordArt

• Creating SmartArt

• Inserting other graphics

• Formatting graphics

• Working with graphic objects

• More tricks with graphic objects

MICROSOFT EXCEL 2013 gives you the tools to create a variety of graphic objects—boxes, lines, circles, ovals, arcs, freeform polygons, text boxes, buttons, and a wide assortment of complex predefined shapes, clip art, and SmartArt graphics. If you already have graphics created in other programs, Excel imports those graphics as well. Throughout this chapter, you’ll learn how to add graphics to worksheets, but you can use many of the same kinds of effects also when you’re creating charts. First we discuss creating and inserting various kinds of graphic ...