Then you can use it like you would use any other. įinally, you will want to follow steps five and six above to group the graphic and save it as a picture using PowerPoint. I can then go to my 'Drawing Tools' toolbar to change the outline and fill colors of my shape. I made my rectangle two boxes high and ran it the full width of the gridlines. I will go to the 'Insert' tab, click on 'Shape' and choose a rectangle to begin my pattern. Let's say I want to make a plaid pattern.

This way you'll have a guide to help you make sure your patterns are straight and evenly spaced. The first thing I do is, under the 'View' tab at the top of the screen, check the 'Gridlines' box. I actually make a lot of them in Photoshop Elements, but the same thing can easily be accomplished in Word as well. Have you ever searched and searched for a background graphic to use only to become frustrated that nothing is 'just right'? I have definitely been there, so I started creating my own simple backgrounds. The following instructions apply to creating warped text in Adobe Photoshop 7. Photoshop will then add the warp style of your choice to the text. If the type layer youre warping includes Faux Bold formatting or bitmap fonts, Photoshop will ask to flatten it first. It is! Today I'm going to show you a couple examples of how to create your own graphics and let you in on my little graphic-making secret. When you create text in Adobe Photoshop (a professional image editor), you can spice it up with warped text (WordArt). After my posts about creating monograms, labels, and banners in Word, I have received quite a few questions asking if it was possible to make other graphics as well.

Microsoft word art to phtoshop