Office 2016 All-In-One For Dummies

Chapter 2

Making a SmartArt Diagram

In This Chapter

Creating a diagram

Repositioning and resizing diagrams

Laying out and changing the look of diagram shapes

Entering text on a diagram shape

Changing the appearance of a diagram

Creating a diagram from shapes

Along with charts and tables, diagrams are the best way to present your ideas. Diagrams clearly show, for example, employees’ relationships with one another, product cycles, workflow processes, and spheres of influence. A diagram is an excellent marriage of images and words. Diagrams allow an audience to literally visualize a concept, idea, or relationship.

This chapter explains how to construct diagrams from SmartArt graphics and how to create a diagram. It shows how to customize diagrams by changing the size of diagrams and diagram shapes, adding and removing shapes, and changing shapes’ colors. You also discover how to change ...