SmartArt
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Last Updated: February 6th 2010
11/04/2011 12:25 AM
Learn PowerPoint 2011 for Mac: Change Layout of Organization Chart
Once you have inserted an organization chart (org chart) within PowerPoint 2011, you might need to change its layout. In org chart terms, layout refers to how subordinate levels in the hierarchy branch out from top to bottom -- probably you want all subordinates flushed to the left, hanging to the right, or distributed evenly across a horizontal plane.
11/01/2011 10:14 PM
Learn PowerPoint 2011 for Mac: Adding New Shapes to Existing Organization Charts
Once you insert an organization chart in PowerPoint 2011, you might find that the shapes available are not sufficient for your requirements, and you may want to add some more shapes to your org chart. The default org chart that PowerPoint places has very few shapes -- also you may need more hierarchy levels for the new shapes you want to add. Fortunately, you can make these additions and edits with just a click or two.
10/30/2011 10:20 PM
Learn PowerPoint 2011 for Mac: Insert an Organization Chart
Organization charts in PowerPoint 2011 are just one of the many variants of SmartArt graphics you can insert in your slide. An organization chart graphically represents the management or hierarchical structure of an organization. This is great if you want to illustrate the reporting relationships in your company or organization. Make sure you choose any of the Organization Chart variants that the SmartArt option offers.
10/26/2011 10:03 PM
Learn PowerPoint 2011 for Mac: Animating SmartArt
Animation in PowerPoint can work in many ways depending upon what you are animating because PowerPoint has extra options up its sleeve for animating different types of slide objects such as text, charts, or even SmartArt. Once you add animation to your SmartArt, you'll discover that the entire graphic animates at the same time -- it may seem that you have no control over animating individual SmartArt shapes, but that's not entirely true. PowerPoint 2011 does provide some control over animating SmartArt shapes in sequence.
10/20/2011 09:11 PM
Learn PowerPoint 2011 for Mac: Format SmartArt Text
All SmartArt layouts include text boxes -- you can click within these text boxes, and start typing to add text. You may not need not know much about some related concepts to follow this tutorial -- but just in case, we have already showed how you can insert SmartArt and convert bulleted text to SmartArt. Having said that, let us now explore the ways to format text within SmartArt graphics.
10/19/2011 09:54 PM
Learn PowerPoint 2011 for Mac: Resize Shapes Within SmartArt
One of the reasons why PowerPoint's implementation of the SmartArt feature is considered so good is because customizations are so doable. We have already shown you how to change colors of the entire SmartArt graphic, or apply cool SmartArt styles. In addition, you can format at the individual shape level within the SmartArt graphic -- change individual shapes or move them within the area occupied by the SmartArt.
10/18/2011 09:58 PM
Learn PowerPoint 2011 for Mac: Reset SmartArt Graphics
The fact that the SmartArt allows so much customization in PowerPoint 2011 by applying new colors or styles means that your SmartArt graphic may be not quite the same as PowerPoint's default offering -- in addition, you may have resized or moved individual shapes within the SmartArt graphic, and there's no real undo for any of these options once you save and close your presentation file. If you do have the need to undo all of the customizations, you can do so by restoring the default layout and colors of the entire SmartArt graphic using the Reset option, and get rid of any customizations.
10/16/2011 10:43 PM
Learn PowerPoint 2011 for Mac: Convert SmartArt Graphic to Text
One of the best options to create new SmartArt is by converting your existing bulleted text to a SmartArt graphic. Sometimes though, you might want to do the reverse -- that is converting a SmartArt into bulleted text. Follow these steps to explore more -- do note though that you will be left with just plain text rather than any shapes or visuals.
10/12/2011 09:42 PM
Learn PowerPoint 2010: Move Shapes Within a SmartArt Graphic
SmartArt is a readymade infographic that typically places common PowerPoint shapes in relation to each other so that they can represent some logic or hierarchy. You can of course change individual shapes within SmartArt, as in changing a square to a circle or anything else -- but, what many users don't realize is that you can do much more. You can actually move some shapes around within the SmartArt graphic if you want -- this sort of creative freedom lets you customize existing SmartArt layouts to your liking.
10/10/2011 09:42 PM
Learn PowerPoint 2011 for Mac: Change Shapes within a SmartArt Graphic
Most of the time, SmartArt graphics work great with their default looks -- and that's something to credit Microsoft with. In addition you can change one SmartArt graphics to another and you can also change colors or apply a new SmartArt Style to make your SmartArt appear distinct and unique. What many users don't realize though is that they can change the individual shapes within a SmartArt graphic to another shape -- for instance, you can change some circles in your SmartArt graphic to squares with a mere click or two!