Office 2021 All-in-One For Dummies

Chapter 2

Making a SmartArt Diagram

IN THIS CHAPTER

Creating a diagram

Entering text on a diagram shape

Changing the appearance of a diagram

Creating a diagram from shapes

Along with charts and tables, diagrams are the best way to present your ideas. Diagrams clearly show, for example, employees’ relationships with one another, product cycles, workflow processes, and spheres of influence. A diagram is an excellent marriage of images and words. Diagrams allow an audience to literally visualize a concept, idea, or relationship.

This chapter explains how to construct diagrams from SmartArt graphics and how to create a diagram. It shows how to customize diagrams by changing the size of diagrams and diagram shapes, adding and removing shapes, and changing shapes’ colors. You also discover how to change the direction of a diagram and enter the text. Finally, this chapter demonstrates how to create a diagram from scratch with shapes and connectors.

The Basics: Creating SmartArt Diagrams

In Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, diagrams are made from SmartArt graphics. These diagram graphics are ...