How To Insert SmartArt In Your Presentation

SmartArt is a feature in PowerPoint 2010 that provides you with the option to add a graphic with a predefined layout.  There are a number of categories of graphics including lists, hierarchies and process flow layouts.

1. Open the presentation that you would like to add the SmartArt graphic to.

2. On the Insert tab click SmartArt in the Illustrations group.


NOTE: If your slide layout contains a Content object, you can click the SmartArt icon to access the SmartArt gallery:

3. You now have the option to select the type of SmartArt graphic you would like to insert.  Click any of the categories on the left to display a list of related graphics in the centre.  Select one of these graphics to see an enlarged image on the right with a short description of the type of information usually displayed in that graphic layout.  If you would like to view all the SmartArt graphics available, click the All category.

4. Once you have selected the appropriate graphic, click OK to insert it into your presentation.

5. The SmartArt graphic will appear in two parts on your PowerPoint slide.  The graphic will appear with the word ‘Text’ in all the areas where text can be added.  If you click on the SmartArt graphic, then an additional pane appears to the left that allows you to replace the word ‘Text’ with your own values.

6. To add more objects to your SmartArt graphic, add further bullets.  To remove objects, delete the bullets.


NOTE: This will only work with certain graphic types as others have minimum or maximum numbers of objects that can be included in the graphic.
Once you are finished with the graphic, click out of the image and the text pane will disappear.
That’s it for inserting SmartArt in your presentations.  Hope you found it useful – don’t forget to take a look at some of the other tutorials about working in PowerPoint 2010.



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