WordArt is different than SmartArt in Word 2007 – it creates goofy text strings that you are not able to edit.
In MS Excel and PowerPoint it can be used as a powerful tool to embed text with special effects.
You can find it on the Insert tab, but in Excel and PowerPoint you use the Format tab to change the look of the text. You can even make buttons with it!
Action buttons can be added to a presentation to make it interactive, and used as a tool to move to the next or previous slide or to even end your presentation.
To add an action button to your presentation, follow the steps below:
- Display the slide onto which you would like to place actions buttons in Slide view.
- From the Slide Show menu, select the Action Buttons option.
- Make sure you select the appropriate icons; the icons for action buttons are found on the second row.
- A cross hair will appear on your slide (looks like a cross), draw the icon to the size you would like.
- The Action Settings dialog box will open; select whether you would like your slide to move:
- When you click the mouse on the button (you have more control with this option)
- Or when you roll the mouse over the button
- Select from the drop-down menu what you would like to happen when the button is clicked.
- You can ignore the other commands.
- Click OK.
Now, in Slide Show view when you click on the button, it will do whatever you set it to do. Note that it will not work in any other view.
Pretty cool though isn’t it?