Special Edition Using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007

Chapter 12. Working with SmartArt

Geetesh Bajaj

In this chapter

• Understanding SmartArt 206

• Adding SmartArt to a Presentation 206

• Formatting SmartArt 208

• Sample SmartArt Variants 211

• Common SmartArt Procedures 212

• Working with Organization Charts 216

• Troubleshooting 219

Understanding SmartArt

Some of the coolest improvements in PowerPoint 2007 are related to the overhaul of its diagramming features, which let you add much more than detailed diagrams and organization charts to presentations. Collectively, all the diagrams available in PowerPoint are now called SmartArt.

With SmartArt, you can

• Show all sorts of relationships using diagrams

• Change between SmartArt graphic types so that you can determine which SmartArt variant works best for you

• Change the colors ...