© Paradigm Publishing, Inc Objectives Objectives Chapter 12: Using Shapes, WordArt, and Advanced Character Formatting Performance Objectives Create Screenshots Draw Shapes Insert and Format Text Boxes CHECKPOINT Link Text Boxes Insert WordArt Apply Character Formatting CHECKPOINT © Paradigm Publishing, Inc Objectives Objectives Create Screenshots To insert a screenshot: Open a blank document Open another document Display the desired Screenshot button information in the document Make the blank document active Click the INSERT tab Click the Screenshot button in the Illustrations group Click the desired screen thumbnail at the drop-down list © Paradigm Publishing, Inc Objectives Objectives Create Screenshots - continued The currently active document does not display as a thumbnail at the drop-down list; only the other documents and programs you have open display When you click the desired thumbnail, the screenshot is inserted as an image into the open document, the image is selected, and the PICTURE TOOLS FORMAT tab is active © Paradigm Publishing, Inc Objectives Objectives Create Screenshots - continued To insert a screen clipping: Open a blank document Open another document Display the desired information in the document Make the blank document active Click the INSERT tab Click the Screenshot button in the Illustrations group Click the Screen Clipping option at the drop-down list Drag to specify the area in the document to capture © Paradigm Publishing, Inc Screen Clipping option Objectives Objectives Draw Shapes To draw a shape: Click the INSERT tab Click the Shapes button in the Illustrations Shapes button group Click the desired shape at the drop-down list Drag in the document to create the shape © Paradigm Publishing, Inc Objectives Objectives Draw Shapes - continued DRAWING TOOLS FORMAT tab © Paradigm Publishing, Inc Objectives Objectives Draw Shapes - continued If you choose a shape in the Lines section of the Shapes button drop-down list, the shape you draw is considered a line drawing If you want to draw a straight horizontal or vertical line, hold down the Shift key while dragging with the mouse If you choose an option in one of the other sections of the drop-down list, the shape you draw is considered an enclosed shape When you draw an enclosed shape, you can maintain the shape’s proportions by holding down the Shift key while dragging to create the shape © Paradigm Publishing, Inc Objectives Objectives Draw Shapes - continued To copy a shape: Select the desired shape Click the Copy button in the Clipboard group Position the insertion point at the desired location Click the Paste button in the Clipboard group Copy button © Paradigm Publishing, Inc Objectives Objectives Draw Shapes - continued If you are working with multiple shapes, select the shapes and then apply formatting to all of them To select multiple shapes, hold down the Shift key, click each shape you want to select, and then release the Shift key You can also hold down the Ctrl key and then click the desired shapes © Paradigm Publishing, Inc 10 Objectives Objectives Insert WordArt - continued To insert WordArt text: Click the INSERT tab Click the WordArt button in the Text group Click the desired WordArt option at the drop- WordArt button down list Type the desired WordArt text © Paradigm Publishing, Inc 22 Objectives Objectives Insert WordArt - continued To transform the WordArt text: Select the WordArt text Click the DRAWING TOOLS FORMAT tab Click the Text Effects button in the WordArt Styles Text Effects button group Point to Transform Click the desired shape at the drop-down gallery © Paradigm Publishing, Inc 23 Objectives Objectives Insert WordArt - continued Text Effects button Shape styles options © Paradigm Publishing, Inc 24 Objectives Objectives Apply Character Formatting To change the character spacing: Click the HOME tab Click the Font group dialog box launcher Click the Advanced tab at the Font dialog box Make desired changes Click OK © Paradigm Publishing, Inc Font group dialog box launcher 25 Objectives Objectives Apply Character Formatting - continued Scale option Spacing option Position option Kerning option © Paradigm Publishing, Inc 26 Objectives Objectives Apply Character Formatting - continued Kerning refers to the adjustment of spacing between certain character combinations by positioning two characters closer together than normal and uses the shapes and slopes of the characters to improve their appearance Notice how the letters Te and Va are closer together in the kerned text in the image below compared to the text that is not kerned © Paradigm Publishing, Inc 27 Objectives Objectives Apply Character Formatting - continued The OpenType font file format is a format developed by Adobe and Microsoft to work on both Macintosh and Windows computers The benefits of the OpenType format are cross-platform compatibility, which means you can move font files between Macintosh and Windows computers; the ability to support expanded character sets and layout figures; and the capability for Web page designers to create high-quality on-screen fonts for online documents © Paradigm Publishing, Inc 28 Objectives Objectives Apply Character Formatting - continued OpenType features © Paradigm Publishing, Inc 29 Objectives Objectives Apply Character Formatting - continued With the Standard Only option selected, the standard set of ligatures that most typographers and font designers determine are appropriate for the font are applied to text Common ligatures include letter combinations with the letter f Notice how the fi and fl letter combinations are combined when ligatures are applied © Paradigm Publishing, Inc 30 Objectives Objectives Apply Character Formatting - continued The Number spacing option in the OpenType Features section is set at Default, which means the spacing between numbers is determined by the font designer You can choose Proportional, which adjusts the spacing for numbers with varying widths Three Microsoft fonts—Candara, Constantia, and Corbel—use proportional number spacing by default Use the Tabular option if you want to specify that each number is the same width This is useful in a situation in which the numbers are set in columns and you want all of the numbers to align vertically © Paradigm Publishing, Inc 31 Objectives Objectives Apply Character Formatting - continued Like the Number spacing option, the Number forms option is set at Default, which means the font designer determines the number form Change this option to Lining if you want all of the numbers to be the same height and not extend below the baseline of the text Generally, lining numbers are used in tables and forms because they are easier to read The Cambria, Calibri, and Consolas fonts use lining number forms by default © Paradigm Publishing, Inc 32 Objectives Objectives Apply Character Formatting - continued A font designer may include a number of stylistic sets for a specific font A different stylistic set may apply additional formatting to the characters in a font For example, the sentences below are set in 16-point Gabriola © Paradigm Publishing, Inc 33 Objectives Objectives Apply Character Formatting - continued Insert a check mark in the Use Contextual Alternates option in the Font dialog box with the Advanced tab selected to fine-tune letter combinations based on the surrounding characters Use this feature to give script fonts a more natural and flowing appearance The first line of text is set with the default setting and the second line of text is set with the Use Contextual Alternates option selected Notice the slight differences in letters such as t, n, s, and h © Paradigm Publishing, Inc 34 Objectives Objectives Apply Character Formatting - continued Format Text Effects dialog box © Paradigm Publishing, Inc 35 Objectives Objectives CHECKPOINT 1) You You can can create create several several text text boxes boxes and and then then have have text text flow flow 3) Click Click this this tab tab in in the the Font Font dialog dialog box box to to change change character character from from one one text text box box to to another another by by doing doing this this spacing spacing a b c d a b c d pasting pasting cutting cutting copying copying linking linking Answer Advanced Advanced Text Text Character Character Spacing Spacing Next Next Question Question 2) With With this this feature, feature, you you can can distort distort or or modify modify text text to to Next Next Question Question 4) This This refers refers to to the the adjustment adjustment of of spacing spacing between between certain certain conform conform to to aa variety variety of of shapes shapes character character combinations combinations a b c d a b c d © Paradigm Publishing, Inc Answer Clip Clip Art Art Smart Smart Art Art Text Text Box Box WordArt WordArt expanding expanding condensing condensing kerning kerning allocating allocating Answer Answer Next Next Question Question Next Next Slide Slide 36 Objectives Objectives ... Objectives Insert WordArt - continued To insert WordArt text: Click the INSERT tab Click the WordArt button in the Text group Click the desired WordArt option at the drop- WordArt button down... button down list Type the desired WordArt text © Paradigm Publishing, Inc 22 Objectives Objectives Insert WordArt - continued To transform the WordArt text: Select the WordArt text Click the DRAWING... group Click the empty text box © Paradigm Publishing, Inc 20 Objectives Objectives Insert WordArt Use the WordArt feature to distort or modify text to conform to a variety of shapes This is useful