Microsoft: Word 2013 Plain & Simple

Chapter 11. Adding your own artwork

In This section:

• Inserting a shape

• Changing the appearance of a shape

• Building charts to display data

• Creating SmartArt diagrams

• Adding WordArt effects

For many of your documents, the pictures you already have and those that you can find on the Internet are all you need to illustrate your text. Some documents, though, need unique drawings. They might involve data specific to your company or some research that you have done, or maybe you just want to show your artistic talent.

Microsoft Word 2013 provides you with a wide range of tools for creating new artwork. The Shapes gallery includes basic lines and geometric shapes as well as arrows, flowchart symbols, and callout balloons. You can use the Chart tool to present ...