Excel 2010 Bible

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CHAPTER

Enhancing Your

Work with Pictures

and Drawings

IN THIS CHAPTER

Inserting and customizing

Shapes

An overview of SmartArt and

WordArt

Working with other types of

graphics

W

hen it comes to visual presentation, Excel has a lot more up
its sleeve than charts. As you may know, you can insert a wide
variety of graphics into your worksheet to add pizzazz to an
otherwise boring report.

This chapter describes the non–chart-related graphic tools available in Excel.
These tools consist of Shapes, SmartArt, WordArt, and imported or pasted
images. In addition to enhancing your worksheets, you’ll find that working
with these objects can be a nice diversion. When you need a break from
crunching numbers, you might enjoy creating an artistic masterpiece using
Excel’s graphic tools.

On the CD

Most of the examples in this chapter are available on the companion

CD-ROM. n

Using Shapes

Microsoft Office, including Excel, provides access to a variety of customiz-

able graphic images known as Shapes. You might want to insert shapes to

create diagrams, store text, or just add some visual appeal to a worksheet.