Several new features in PowerPoint 2007 relate to how graphics are displayed and created. Galleries of graphic elements help you browse through different styles and preview how each will look in your presentation. Themes and Quick Styles are designed to give your presentation a cohesive and consistent look with predesigned combinations of colors, graphics, and fonts. Finally, SmartArt is a new feature that allows you to easily create various types of diagrams and add text to them.
Preview Design Elements with Galleries
Click a placeholder on a slide, enter some text, and select the text.
Click the Format tab.
Click the More arrow along the right of the WordArt Styles gallery.
Move your mouse over various WordArt styles. You will be able to see each style previewed on the selected text. Click a style to apply it.
Tip
Several galleries exist on tabs that don’t appear until you insert certain types of objects, such as pictures or drawings. There is also a Shapes gallery on the Insert tab you can use to draw shapes on your slides.
Click the Home tab and click the arrow on the Font field.
Move your mouse down the list of fonts. You will be able to see each font previewed on the selected text. Click a font to apply it.
Try This!
You can preview font sizes on selected text. With text selected, click the arrow on the Font Size field and move your mouse down the list of sizes. Each is previewed on your text.
See Also
For more information about WordArt and other drawing objects, see Chapter 9.
Get a Cohesive Look with Themes
Click the Design tab.
Click the More arrow to the right of the Themes gallery. The gallery appears.
Move your mouse over the various themes. You will see each one previewed on your slide presentation.
Click a theme to apply it your entire presentation.
Try This!
You can modify a theme by selecting a different color, font, or effect set on the Design tab. You will find that even if you experiment with different combinations, by using these preset design elements you can keep consistency in the various design features of your slides.
See Also
For more information about working with themes and other design elements, see Chapter 7.
Click the Colors button and move your mouse over the sets of colors to see them previewed on your slides. Click a theme to apply it.
Tip
Themes are new to PowerPoint 2007, and you can expand your Theme horizons by using the More Themes on Microsoft Office Online link at the bottom of the Theme Gallery. Office Online offers additional looks for your presentation that can give it extra visual excitement.
Work with SmartArt
Click the Insert tab.
Click the SmartArt button to open the Choose a SmartArt Graphic dialog box.
Click on a category of SmartArt in the list on the left.
Click an item in the gallery of SmartArt to select it.
Click OK. The SmartArt object appears on the slide.
Click in the Type Your Text Here box and type your text.
Tip
Look at the preview of SmartArt in the Choose a SmartArt Graphic dialog box. Beneath it is a suggestion of uses for that particular SmartArt element to best communicate your message.
See Also
See Chapter 8 for more about working with SmartArt objects as well as tables and various kinds of drawn objects.
Click a placeholder on a slide, enter some text, and select the text.
Click the More arrow along the right of the WordArt Styles gallery.
Move your mouse over various WordArt styles. You will be able to see each style previewed on the selected text. Click a style to apply it.
Move your mouse down the list of fonts. You will be able to see each font previewed on the selected text. Click a font to apply it.
Click the More arrow to the right of the Themes gallery. The gallery appears.
Click the Colors button and move your mouse over the sets of colors to see them previewed on your slides. Click a theme to apply it.
