Old Style Word Art in Word 2010?

Anonymous
2010-07-22T19:06:27+00:00

Could anyone tell me whether it is possible to insert Word Art similar to that in versions of MS Word from 2003 and before?  The Word Art in MS Word 2010 only seems to appear in straight lines, whereas I would sometimes prefer to have the writing in the style of a curved banner?  Have MS just removed this option, oram I looking in the wrong place? It just doesn't seem to be an option? Thanks. P.S, I know the text can be offset at an angle, but clicking on the small green circle, but I want the writing to curve?

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Anonymous
2010-07-23T01:15:17+00:00

Word 2010's WordArt is a bit more powerful than you suspect, I believe. Insert a WordArt object, then, in Drawing Tools - Format, look at Text Effects - Transform. Does that give you what you want?

If not, you can still get the old style. Save the file in Word 2003 format, and now when you choose Insert - WordArt, you'll see the legacy choices.

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-04-16T19:05:05+00:00

    I just found how to do this  go to:

    1. Text box
    2. Type in Text
    3. Click inside the box
    4. The Drawing Tools Tab Should Appear
    5. Click Tap
    6. Click the Text Affects (Glowing A)
    7. go to Transform.

    You will find the different text rotations there.

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  2. Charles Kenyon 170.8K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2013-07-22T16:18:13+00:00

    At some point saving such a library might be needed and useful. However, you can get all of Word 2003 WordArt by saving a document in Word 2003 (.doc) format. If you don't want to do that, you can create a separate document in that format, make your WordArt and then copy and paste into the Word 2007-2013 formatted document.

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  3. Jay Freedman 208.2K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2012-09-03T03:33:04+00:00

    There is a simple way: Save any document as a Word 97-2003 (*.doc) file. In that document you can click Insert > WordArt and get the old WordArt, along with its WordArt Tools tab on the ribbon. Create the WordArt. Then you can either copy/paste the WordArt to a Word 2010 (*.docx) document, or click File > Convert to make the current document have the new format and then resave it with the new extension.

    This does also work in Word 2013.

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-08-12T14:33:11+00:00

    I used to be able to stretch the words in Word Art by simply clicking on the corners and "stretching" the box.  The words inside would stretch with it.  Now, the word size stays the same, only the box stretches.  This doesn't help a lot when you are using WA to label things, etc.  Am I not seeing the correct tool to stretch the word with the box, or is that option now gone also?

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