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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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
    2012-12-18T05:21:53+00:00

    Thank you.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-01-23T18:32:27+00:00

    Herb--

    Thank you SO MUCH for that helpful answer!!  We were recently upgraded to Windows 7, and along with that came Microsoft Word 2010, which is much different than previous versions of Word, and I use WordArt a LOT, and could NOT format it the same way as in previous versions, and, for the life of me, I could not find the WordArt Gallery ANYWHERE!  So when you suggested to the other person to save the document as a Word 2003 Document, that worked for me - So now when I open this document, and choose Insert WordArt, the old WordArt Gallery comes up with all the different shapes, etc!!!  Thank you so much!

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-02-21T20:39:13+00:00

    Thank you !!!

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-02-21T21:31:39+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.

    Herb Tyson Microsoft Word MVP Herb Tyson Word Bible Blog

    Thank you so much for this answer!!  I was having the same problem as DanO1981 was, and I tried saving my documents in the Word 2003 format, and it works!!  Now I can decorate word documents with the way WordArt used to be and it's so much better!!

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