Microsoft® Office 2008 for Mac Step by Step

Practice Creating and Modifying Diagrams

In this exercise, you’ll create a SmartArt diagram in a document. Then you’ll add text and format the diagram.

We’ll work in a Word document in this exercise, but you can use the skills you practice in this exercise in Excel and PowerPoint.

Note

SET UP Open a new, blank document. Size the document to fit the window, and then hide the toolbar area.

1. In the Elements Gallery, click the SmartArt Graphics tab.

   The Elements Gallery displays all the available diagram layouts. You can filter the display by clicking the buttons at the top of the gallery.

   

2. Click the List, Process, Cycle, Hierarchy, Relationship, Matrix, and ...