Microsoft® Word 2010 Inside Out

Chapter 16. Create Compelling SmartArt Diagrams and Charts

Adding SmartArt Diagrams

Creative Charting

Introducing Word 2010 Chart Types

Creating a Basic Chart

Entering Chart Data

Editing and Enhancing Chart Information

Formatting Charts

What’s Next?

DEPENDING on the nature of the document you’re creating, it might be important to both show and tell readers the points you most want them to remember. You can illustrate your most important ideas—showcasing comparisons, depicting processes, and portraying important relationships among departments, vendors, sales data, and more. And in addition to the functional nature of the illustrations you can add in Word 2010, they just look nice; they add color, special effects, dimension, and more to your two-dimensional ...