Go to the DRAWING group on the HOME ribbon and select one of the CONNECTORS from the shapes

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2. Go to the DRAWING group on the HOME ribbon and select one of the CONNECTORS from the shapes

on display. Or 1. Use the drop down arrow to the bottom right of the SHAPES and select a CONNECTOR from the LINES section of the displayed menu. 2. A crossed cursor will appear as you move your mouse over the slide. 3. Move your mouse cursor over one of the shapes you wish to connect, a number of red dots will appear on the border of the shape these are connection points. 4. Move your mouse over a connection point and click with your let mouse and hold the mouse button down. 5. Drag your mouse over to the other shape you wish to connect still holding the mouse button – connection points will appear on that shape. 6. Move your mouse over the point you wish to connect to and release the mouse button. 7. A connector will appear with a red dot on each end of it indicating that it is now connected to that shape. 8. If one of the dots is not red, click on it, and drag it to the desired connection point as this means you missed the connection point when either clicking or releasing the mouse. Please click the advert Download free ebooks at bookboon.com PowerPoint 2010 107 5 Objects Smartart A SmartArt graphic is a visual representation of your information and ideas. You can create SmartArt graphics by choosing from among many diferent layouts to quickly, easily and efectively communicate your message. Most people create content that contains only text; even though illustrations and graphics help audiences understand and recall information better than text. Creating designer-quality illustrations can be challenging, especially if you are not a professional designer or you cannot aford to hire a professional designer. If you use earlier versions of Microsot Oice, you can spend a lot of time making shapes the same size and aligning them properly, getting your text to look right, and manually formatting the shapes to match the document’s overall style, instead of focusing on your content. With SmartArt graphics and other new features such as themes , you can create designer-quality illustrations with only a few clicks of your mouse. When you create a SmartArt graphic, you are prompted to choose a type such as PROCESS, HIERARCHY, CYCLE, or RELATIONSHIP. A type is similar to a category of SmartArt graphic, and each type contains several diferent layouts. When you choose a layout for your SmartArt graphic, ask yourself what you want to convey and whether you want your information to appear a certain way. Because you can quickly and easily switch layouts, try diferent layouts across types until you ind the one that best illustrates your message. Experiment with diferent types and layouts by using the table below as a starting point. When you switch layouts, most of your text and other content, colours, styles, efects, and text formatting are automatically carried over to the new layout. Download free ebooks at bookboon.com PowerPoint 2010 108 5 Objects To insert a SmartArt graphic Mouse 1. On the INSERT ribbon in the ILLUSTRATIONS group, click on the drop down arrow to the right of SMARTART the SMARTART dialog above will appear 2. Choose a category from the let then a graphic from the centre to see a preview on the right. 3. When you have the selection you desire click ok to insert the SmartArt on your slide 4. he smart art will appear on your slide as in picture below. Download free ebooks at bookboon.com PowerPoint 2010 109 5 Objects About the Text pane he Text pane is the pane that you can use to enter and edit the text that appears in your SmartArt graphic. he Text pane appears to the let of your SmartArt graphic. As you add and edit your content in the Text pane, your SmartArt graphic is automatically updated— shapes are added or removed as needed. When you create a SmartArt graphic, the SmartArt graphic and its Text pane are populated with placeholder text that you can replace with your information. At the top of the Text pane, you can edit the text that will appear in your SmartArt graphic. At the bottom of the Text pane, you can view additional information about the SmartArt graphic. To enter text into SmartArt Mouse

1. Click on placeholder in the TEXT PANE.