SmartArt has been around since Office 2007, helping you to build charts, diagrams and graphical lists. If you aren’t using it, you really should.
SmartArt is a great way to introduce concepts in a wordy document, and provides brilliant visuals to help staff retain important processes and communications.
In recent coaching sessions with clients from varied industries (from lawyers to engineers and food manufacturers with large warehouses), we’ve identified many ways SmartArt can help make a report more readable, encourage staff to comply to processes, and emphasise must-read information in a lengthy doc. If you’re already using SmartArt, you may be looking for more colours to select from in the Design tab. Follow this tip to add more colours the selection gallery. Add Colours to SmartArt Gallery 1. Start a SmartArt diagram by going to Insert > SmartArt 2. Go to Themes
(In PowerPoint: Go to Design > Themes)
3. Select a theme from the gallery. The colour choices will alter for the SmartArt diagram. You can also use the Colors button to select from a palette of colours for themes, or create your own theme colours.