Inserting a Relational Diagram

The new diagramming system in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and in the Outlook Editor, provides a great opportunity for you to describe your topic visually, whether your diagram illustrates the command structure at your workplace, the flow diagram of a project, or the interrelationship among different activities. After you’ve inserted a diagram, you’ll find that it’s extremely customizable.

Create a Diagram

  1. On the Insert tab, click the SmartArt button to display the Choose A SmartArt Graphic dialog box.

  2. Select the type of diagram you want.

  3. Click a diagram type, and review the information about that diagram.

  4. Click OK to create the diagram type you want.

  5. Click the first item in the Text pane, and type the text for that item.

  6. Continue entering text, doing any of the following:

    1. Press the Tab key to make the entry a subentry of the previous item (or click Demote), or Press Shift+Tab to elevate the entry one level (or click Promote).

    2. Press Enter to finish the current item and insert a new line for text.

    3. Press the Down arrow key to move to the next item.

    4. Press Delete to remove entries you don’t want.

    Create a Diagram

Tip

Tip

You must use the new file formats to create SmartArt graphics. When you save a document that contains SmartArt in the 97–2003 file format, the SmartArt is converted into a picture that you can’t modify.

Modify the Diagram

  1. On the SmartArt Tools Design tab, point to different layouts and click the one that works best for your content.

  2. Point to the different Quick Styles and click the one you want.

  3. Click an item in the diagram to select it.

  4. On the SmartArt Tools Format tab, point to the different Shape Styles, and click the one you want.

  5. Click the Shape Fill, Shape Outline, and Shape Effects buttons to modify the fill color, modify the outline color and style, or add special effects, such as a shadow or a glow.

  6. Point to different WordArt Styles to see how the text in the shape is affected. Click a style you like if you want to use WordArt.

  7. Drag a selected shape to move it into a new location, or use a Sizing or a Rotation handle to change the dimensions or rotation of the diagram.

  8. Click the frame of the diagram, and use a Sizing handle to change the diagram’s size.

    Modify the Diagram
    Modify the Diagram

See Also

See Also

"Converting Text into WordArt" for information about converting text into a SmartArt graphic in PowerPoint.

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