SmartArt Basics: What is SmartArt?

Created: Wednesday, April 28, 2021, posted by Geetesh at 1:02 pm

Updated: Friday, April 30, 2021 at 9:22 pm

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SmartArt is a diagramming component first introduced within PowerPoint 2007 for Windows, and now available on most platforms where PowerPoint is available including Windows, Mac, Android, iOS, etc. Among other niceties, SmartArt allows you to replace boring bullet points with info-graphic content using text within shapes.

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What is SmartArt?

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SmartArt Basics: Some SmartArt Samples
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SmartArt Basics: Convert SmartArt Graphics to Text in PowerPoint
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SmartArt Basics: Convert Bulleted Text to SmartArt in PowerPoint
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SmartArt Basics: Inserting SmartArt in PowerPoint
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