The processes are simple for both PowerPoint 2003 and 2007.

PowerPoint 2003

Type the text in a regular text field that you’d like to apply to WordArt – see below. Not all of the symbols translate to WordArt, so you may need to use a character like what is shown below to separate your words or phrases.

• After you’ve typed you your text, triple click on the text so that it is all highlighted
• Click on the WordArt menu button and select the circular text – it’s the text that arcs
• Click OK
• Your text will appear in the WordArt screen
• Select the font you wish to use, and don’t worry about the setting the size of the font
• Click OK

• The WordArt will come in to your document as an elongated oval, but you want it to be perfectly round
• Click on the WordArt and then right click
• Select “Format WordArt”
• Click on the “Size” menu tab
• Make the height and width the same: make them both 3”, for example
• Click OK
• Move the yellow text marker around the circle until the beginning of the text and end of the text meet
• Easy formatting for perfectly round WordArt

PowerPoint 2007

• Type the text in a regular text field that you’d like to apply to WordArt – see below. You can insert any symbols you need, they will all translate

• After you’ve typed you your text, triple click on the text so that it is all highlighted
• Click on the Text Effects in the WordArt Styles menu under Drawing Tools/Format
• Select Transform
• Select Circle text

• The WordArt will come in to your document as an elongated oval, but you want it to be perfectly round
• Select the WordArt field, not “edit text” mode
• Right click and select Size and Position
• Click on the “Size” menu tab
• Make the height and width the same: make them both 3”, for example
• Click Close
• Easy formatting for perfectly round WordArt!