Working With SmartArt

SmartArt is a series of visual effects that can be used to modify text to make it more graphically appealing or more organized. Available SmartArt templates allow you to modify bulleted points and create flow charts and workflow diagrams, cycle diagrams, pie charts, hierarchy charts, Venn diagrams, information matrices, and much more. It is available throughout out the Microsoft Office suite.

You can access the SmartArt menu by selecting "Insert" followed by "SmartArt Graphic." This will reveal the SmartArt Gallery, which contains all of the available templates. They are organized by category.

Editing

When To Use:

- When you want to add effects to bullet points

- When your ideas are better expressed visually

- When you want to create crowd-pleasing diagrams

SmartArt is not limited to PowerPoint - it can be used throughout the Microsoft Office suite.