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Curving text around a shape or graphic maximizes your space and brings a creative feel to your presentation. Here's how to bend text to your will in PowerPoint.
Instructions in this article apply to PowerPoint 2019, PowerPoint 2016, PowerPoint 2013, PowerPoint 2010, PowerPoint for Office 365, and PowerPoint for Mac.
Add Your Text Using Word Art
The first step to creating bent or curved text is to insert WordArt into your presentation.
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- Go to Insert.
- In the Text group, select WordArt.
- Choose the style of text to add to your document. You'll customize or change the text style after it's been inserted.
- Highlight the sample text provided and enter your text.
Alter the Text Path
Once your WordArt is inserted, you will highlight the text and alter the text path.
- Select the WordArt text box.
- Go to Drawing ToolsFormat.
- Choose an effect from the Follow Path section or Warp section. To see how the effect will look with your text, point to it to preview the effect on the slide.
Each Transform option may be adjusted to scale your text and preserve readability. A control handle appears at different locations within the text box (sometimes the border, sometimes in the center). Drag the control handle to adjust the path so that your text is just right for your presentation. On a PC, the control handle is a yellow circle; on a Mac, it's a pink square.
Use Follow Path to Create Bent or Circular Text
The Follow Path option allows you to manipulate the text in a curve, either an arc or a full circle. The shape of the curve may be determined by the size of your text box. For example, a perfectly square text box will give a perfect circle as the path.
To adjust the curve of the path, drag the control handle.
Use Warp to Bend and Enhance Text
By contrast, the Warp option bends and stretches text with a variety of pre-programmed options.
The image below illustrates the Fade Up style, which may be adjusted using the control handle.
Change the Style of Curved Text in PowerPoint
WordArt can be adjusted and customized easily. Highlight the WordArt text box, go to Drawing Tools Format and select a different Shape Style. Choose Text Fill or Text Outline to customize the colors. To change the font, go to Home and choose a different font style.
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For PowerPoint 2007, Microsoft has integrated WordArt into PowerPoint, so that you can apply WordArt formatting to any text in your presentation. Follow these steps to transform mundane text into something worth looking at:
11. Select the text you want to apply WordArt formatting to.
The text can be anywhere in your presentation. For example, you can apply WordArt formatting to a slide title or body text.
33. Click the Quick Styles button (found in the WordArt Styles group of the Drawing Tools Format tab).
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The WordArt Quick Styles gallery appears.
44. Select the WordArt style that most closely resembles the formatting you want to apply.
Don’t worry if none of the gallery choices exactly match the effect you want; you can tweak the text’s appearance later.
55. Fool around with other WordArt controls in the WordArt Styles group of the Drawing Tools Format tab.
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Text Fill sets the fill color. The fill can be a simple color, a gradient (which blends two colors), a picture, a pattern, or a texture. Text Outline sets the properties of the text outline. You can select a color, a pattern, and a thickness. Text Effects lets you apply fancy text effects such as shadows, reflections, glowing text, beveled text, and 3-D rotations, and transforms.