What is Word Art? Word Art Objects

Adding WordArt to Microsoft Word carried out through the “Insert” tab, which is available in top panel program menu. Once in the section, click the WordArt button located on the right side of the window. A similar element can be added to Excel programs and PowerPoint.

After pressing the key, select one of the proposed options for the outline of the future text. Then start typing letters on the page, and then move on to creating styles. IN Microsoft Office 2013, the WordArt button is indicated by a slanted letter on the toolbar, to the right of the Text Box button.

Working with Elements

After entering the desired text the “Format” tab will appear on the program toolbar, with which you can edit the text style and add desired effects. In a WordArt object you can insert additional figures and arrows that will be offered in the upper left part of the window. You can also set the frame for the text using the available colors and effects through the Shape Styles section.

It is possible to fill the background of the text, adjust the thickness of the outline and add the effects “Shadow”, “Reflection”, etc. By clicking on the small arrow button at the bottom right of the block, you can open a window for the work additional settings and setting other display options. So, you can change the shape and frame of the entire object by clicking on the “Shape” item and selecting the most appropriate option.

In the “WordArt Styles” section, you can add the desired design for the letters themselves. Having configured and required parameters its style, you can edit the result using standard features, available to change regular non-WordArt text. By clicking on the arrow icon you can call sidebar settings additional effects and parameters for creating a three-dimensional display of entered letters.

On the right side of the toolbar, you can fine-tune the length and width of the entered font, adjust the wrapping parameters of the element and its location on the page. By hovering your mouse over an object, you can also adjust its size and angle. Once you move the WordArt to the desired position, you can begin adding a new object or further editing the file.

Removal

To delete a WordArt object, left-click on its frame, and then click Del keyboards(Delete). After completing the procedure, the unnecessary block will be deleted and you can add text with new parameters at any time if you wish.

To create artistic graphic inscriptions, such as headings, the Microsoft Word 2000 word processor has a special software tool called WordArt. It can be accessed in two ways: either through the WordArt toolbar ( View –> Toolbars –> WordArt), or using the button Add WordArt on the toolbar Drawing.

Graphic objects inserted into a text document using WordArt can be printed along with the document on an output device, can be displayed as part of an electronic document distributed in Microsoft Word format, and can be displayed on Web pages.

To insert WordArt into a document, follow these steps:

Create a document based on a template Ordinary.

Enter document text.

Team View –> Toolbars –> WordArt Enable display of the WordArt toolbar.

Click the button Add WordArt– launch will occur WordArt Wizards.

In the window WordArt Collection choose the desired design style.

In the dialog box Changing WordArt Text select the desired size, style and enter the text of the title to be created.

After clicking the button OK the created object will be inserted into the document.

Further control of the shape and location of the created object is carried out by the toolbar controls WordArt. In order to make changes to an object, just double-click on it with the mouse, after which the toolbar will be activated WordArt.

Entering formulas

The need for a means to enter mathematical expressions into a text document is typical for scientific and technical documentation. IN Microsoft program Word is such a tool is the formula editor Microsoft Equation 3.0. It allows you to create formula objects and insert them into a text document. If necessary, the inserted object can be edited directly in the document field.

To launch the formula editor, use the command Insert –> Object. In the dialog box that opens Inserting an object you should select the item Microsoft Equation 3.0– the control panel will open Formula, presented in Fig. 4.37. In this case, the menu bar word processor is replaced by the formula editor menu bar (Fig. 4.38).

Before using the formula editor, you must configure it. The setup consists of assigning fonts to the various elements included in the formulas. This is done in the dialog box Styles opened by the command Style –> Define.

Rice. 4.37. Control panel windowFormula .

This setting is mandatory - the formula editor will not work without it, but you only need to do it once.

Rice. 4.38. Changed text editor menu

The formula editor toolbar contains two rows of buttons. The buttons on the bottom row create unique templates containing fields for entering characters. So, for example, to enter a common fraction, you should select the appropriate template, which has two fields: numerator and denominator. Filling out these fields can be done either from the keyboard or using controls top line. Transitions between fields are performed using the cursor keys.

Entering and editing formulas is completed by pressing the key ESC or closing the formula editor panel. You can also left-click anywhere in a document field outside the formula entry area. The entered formula is automatically inserted into the text as an object. Then it can be moved to any other place in the document via the clipboard ( CTRL+X- cut out; CTRL+V- insert). To edit a formula directly in the document, just double-click on it. This automatically opens the formula editor window.

Formula Editor Features:

Formula editor Microsoft Equation 3.0 represents separate component, therefore, when installing a word processor, you must specifically indicate the need to connect it.

When working with the formula editor, you should strive for maximum completeness of the entered expressions. So, for example, an expression (formula) may contain components that can be entered without using the formula editor, but for ease of use and ease of further editing, you should enter the entire formula in the formula editor, without using other means.

The key does not work in the formula editor SPACE, since the necessary spacing between characters is created automatically. However, if the need to enter spaces does arise, they can be entered using the button Spaces and dots Formula toolbars

A Word Art object is text designed with complex graphic effects. To create a Word Art object, use the button. As a result, a window appears for selecting a graphic design option.

Rice. 32 - Window for selecting options for graphic design of an object

After selection, a window appears for entering text and setting its parameters

Rice. 33 - Window for entering object text

There is a special toolbar for working with Word Art objects.

She allows

Editing Word Graphics

To do this, select the object and in the “Drawing” panel set:

1) fill color, fill line and font;

2) line thickness, stroke type and arrow type;

If we created a “line” object, then by setting the “Arrow Type” parameter, we turn it into an “Arrow” object.

3) the shadow, its presence and where it falls;

4) volume.

Menu for working with drawings

Button

Provides the following features:

group

ungroup

regroup

Grouping allows you to combine several graphic objects into a single whole. This is convenient for moving, copying, resizing, etc.

To group, select several objects using the “selection” tools
, and then execute the command.

changing the order of an object: command Order. Order The command works similarly

from the context menu. snapping to a grid allows you to more accurately align objects. In this case, when moving, objects are shifted in fixed steps. To set the grid parameters, use the command

Net. commands: A)

Align b)

Distribute

a) aligns objects relative to each other or relative to a given boundary.

b) arranges objects evenly horizontally or vertically.

to turn

reflect

Practical task No. 6. First difficulty level

Design the table header as a caption or WordArt object.

Draw a diagram of how to get somewhere. When building a diagram, use autoshapes with added text.

Group the drawn diagram into a single object.

Practical task No. 6. Second difficulty level

Create a holiday greeting: any closed figure, a picture as the background, text on top of the picture. Create an invitation sheet for a conference, exhibition, birthday, etc., or create a magazine or newspaper cover. When making an invitation sheet, use the following functions GPU

Word:

scaling and editing of graphic objects;

inserting WordArt objects;

inserting an inscription, autoshape, and other geometric shapes;

moving around the page of drawings and inscriptions.

Laboratory work No. 2 Working with graphic objects

Goal of the work: learn how to insert pictures and change their parameters; place pictures in the text; draw schematic drawings using tools built into the program.

Task to complete

Insert a picture and change its parameters according to the task option. Using the drawing tools provided by the program, draw a diagram according to the option.

Options for tasks.

Tasks for inserting and editing pictures

Insert an arbitrary picture from a file. Set the picture options so that the text wraps around the picture on four sides.

Draw a map of the route from the university to hostel No. 4

Draw a map of the route from the station to the main building

SmartArt graphics let you quickly create a variety of colorful designs. When choosing SmartArt templates, you need to consider their original purpose. To insert a SmartArt object, use the button of the same name on the panel "Illustrations".

tapes "Insert".

A window will open

After adding the template to the document, the word processor window will display context tool, containing two tapes: "Constructor" And "Format".

The left panel of the SmartArt object is used to fill in the text fields of the template.

As the user types, he immediately sees the result.

To add a new element to a SmartArt object, simply press Enter. Sometimes it happens that in existing object it is not possible to add a new element.

Another way is to use a button "Add Shape". This will add elements at the same level as the selected one to the SmartArt object. Items "Add Shape Above" And "Add a shape below" are intended for inserting an element of another level. If some buttons are inactive, then adding a new element is impossible.

To delete an element, select it and press the Delete key.

Buttons "To increase level" And "Downgrade" are intended to change the level of selected elements.

SmartArt objects are edited like a regular graphic primitive.

Use the Ribbon to format a SmartArt object. "Format" context tool.

We will not consider it in detail, because... The knowledge you gained in previous lessons is quite enough to figure it out on your own. Just note that to gain access to all the settings of a SmartArt object at once, use its context menu item "Shape Format"(it is called by right-clicking on the body of the SmartArt object).

In the window that opens, select the desired tab and make the necessary settings.

The context menu item "Insert title" is intended for adding a caption to a SmartArt object.

Inserting pictures

To insert a picture, use the button "Drawing" panels When choosing SmartArt templates, you need to consider their original purpose. on tape "Illustrations". In the window that appears, find and select the desired graphic file. The image will be inserted into the document. A new contextual tool will appear. "Working with drawings" containing the tape "Format".

The operations performed on images are in many ways similar to the actions already discussed for graphic primitives. However, you should take into account the fact that the inserted image often takes up a significant amount of memory. Therefore, performing some operations will take certain time, and it will be the greater the larger size inserted file and lower computer performance. So, on “old” machines you can wait several minutes until the computer “copes” with the task of cropping the image or changing color tones.

To make working with images more comfortable, and the final size text document did not reach several tens of megabytes, it is advisable to compress the image.

There is a button for this "Picture Compression" on the panel "Change".

After clicking this button, a window appears in which you can configure image compression parameters. Button "Options" opens the window "Compression Options".

Three image compression options are available. Choose the one that is most suitable for your case.

Don't forget about context menu drawing. Paragraph contains almost everything necessary tools image settings.

Clip Art Collection

This collection contains a selection of text editor images.

WordArt object. Today we will talk about graphics. WordArt objects in Microsoft Word are used to add artistic decoration to text. Very good and useful tool. On pre-holiday days, I use it to the fullest. Either a postcard needs to be signed, or invitations with beautiful frame to do, then create a calendar, or a brochure. Every time I just can’t get enough of it office suite there is such a tool. Well done developers. How much they have made our lives easier and brighter. Many thanks to them! To Work with using WordArt is a pleasure.

Graphic objectWordArt

Today we'll look at what you can create with WordArt.

At the bottom of the drawing panel, select the icon “ Add objectWordArt ».

IN Word 2007/2010 go to menu " Insert" - block " Text" - tool " WordArt ».

The window “ CollectionWordArt ", in which we need to choose a style. There doesn’t seem to be much choice, but I want to try everything. But let's focus on one thing for now.

And so I select the 22nd in a row and click the button at the bottom “ OK ».

In the window " Text"we write" Life is Beautiful! "and change the font size and style. This is what we got.

Now we will edit it. We click on the inscription and a small menu appears with which we will work.

Click the button " Format graphic object » and the window of the same name opens.

Here we can change the colors of our new lettering. I change to red and yellow.

Our main font is red, and the border is yellow. Now let's try to change the silhouette of the outline. To do this, select the menu “ Text - Shape ».

The choice of inscription silhouette will open. I chose " Concave top ».

Now our inscription looks like this.

This inscription can be made mirror. To do this, right-click on it and select “ Copy ».

Position your cursor directly over this label on the left, right-click and select " Insert ».