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Office 2011 for Mac has all kinds of shapes, including text boxes, shapes, SmartArt shapes, and content placeholders in PowerPoint. But that's just the beginning. In addition to using the Font tab offerings, you can apply an incredible amount of interesting text effects.
The moment you click on or into a shape, the Format tab appears to the right of the Home tab on the Ribbon. Click the Format tab to display the formatting options in this tab of the Ribbon.
Selecting shapes and text to format in Office 2011 for Mac
Knowing what's currently selected is very important when formatting text that's inside a shape of some sort. You can format the text inside a shape as well as format the shape containing the text independently.
When the shape itself is selected, the resize handles are shaded with color.
Text within shapes responds nicely to the Font section of the Ribbon, regardless of whether the shape or the text within the shape is selected. Because you can apply formatting options such as reflection and shadow to both the entire containing shape as well as text inside the shape, it's important to pay attention to what you have selected, the shape or the text within a shape, before applying formatting.
Applying shape styles in Office 2011 for Mac
Like the Font group, when you use the Shape Styles tools in the Format tab of the Ribbon, the formatting changes are applied to the shape itself, as well as the text inside the shape. Many of the tools have an option that takes you to the Format Shape, Picture, or Text dialog. On the Ribbon's Shape Styles group, you can find these interface options:
Arrow buttons: Click the round arrow buttons at each end of the Shape Styles group to display more of the available styles.
Submenu: Click at the bottom of the group near the middle to display all the styles on a submenu palette as a drop-down gallery.
More Options: Click to display the Format Shape dialog.
Fill format: Displays the color palette with a Fill Effects option. Choosing Fill Effects displays the Format Shape dialog.
Line format: Formats the line that surrounds a shape.
Clicking the Effects button produces a submenu divided into five categories, each of which has additional submenu palettes with a wide variety of formatting effects. A click on a palette is all it takes to apply an effect. The categories are:
Shadow
Reflection
Glow
Bevel
3-D Rotation
Transparency is a measure of how much you can see through something when it is on top of another object or the background. Something that is adjusted to 100% transparent is invisible. When adjusted to 0% transparency, it is completely opaque. The fun comes in when you adjust transparency somewhere in between and pile objects on top of one another.
When you want more than a printout with the default of every Word 2011 for Mac printer setting, you can find more options by choosing File→Print or pressing Command-P to bring up the Print dialog. You can even find an option here to expose every possible printer control.
Picking a printer in Word 2011 for Mac
The Printer pop-up menu enables you to choose from three options:
List of printers: All available printers are shown, and you can choose which one to use.
Add Printer: Opens the Mac OS X printer options dialog and allows you to add a printer.
Print and Fax Preferences: Opens the Mac OS X Print & Fax system preferences dialog.
Picking a set of preset printing options in Word 2011 for Mac
The Presets pop-up menu enables you to choose from several different printing presets:
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Standard: Most of the time, this is the best one to use.
Last Used Settings: Might be the one for you if you have some special customized presets.
List of Customized Presets: If you've created customized presets in the advanced printing options, you can choose one of them.
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Printing to PDF in Word 2011 for Mac
One of the really neat things about having a Mac is that every application that can print prints to PDF (Portable Document Format). Word is no exception, except that in Word, you can choose File→Save As and in the Format pop-up menu, choose PDF.
Unless you need one of the other PDF options in the following list, you don't have to go through the Print dialog to make a PDF. Here's a rundown on the PDF printing options:
Save as PDF: Opens the Save dialog to save your document as PDF.
Save as PostScript: Opens the Save dialog to save your document as a .ps postscript file. A PostScript printer is needed to print the file.
Fax PDF: Opens the Print dialog to a Mac OS X Fax cover sheet. If your Mac has a dialup modem, you can use this option to fax your file.
Mail PDF: Opens an e-mail message in Apple Mail, not Microsoft Outlook, and adds the PDF as an attachment.
Save as PDF-X: This option flattens transparency and changes colors to CYMK.
Save PDF to iPhoto: Creates a PDF and sends the PDF to iPhoto.
Save PDF to Web Receipts Folder: Creates a PDF and puts it into your Web Receipts folder.
Edit Menu: Allows you to add custom PDF workflows. Click the Help button in the Print dialog for more details.
Previewing in Mac OS X Preview
Advanced Options Word For Mac 2011 Download
The Print dialog is standard for all applications that can print. Mac OS X offers a preview of your document when you click the Preview button. The File→Print Preview command path is no longer available.
Selecting shapes and text to format in Office 2011 for Mac
Knowing what's currently selected is very important when formatting text that's inside a shape of some sort. You can format the text inside a shape as well as format the shape containing the text independently.
When the shape itself is selected, the resize handles are shaded with color.
Text within shapes responds nicely to the Font section of the Ribbon, regardless of whether the shape or the text within the shape is selected. Because you can apply formatting options such as reflection and shadow to both the entire containing shape as well as text inside the shape, it's important to pay attention to what you have selected, the shape or the text within a shape, before applying formatting.
Applying shape styles in Office 2011 for Mac
Like the Font group, when you use the Shape Styles tools in the Format tab of the Ribbon, the formatting changes are applied to the shape itself, as well as the text inside the shape. Many of the tools have an option that takes you to the Format Shape, Picture, or Text dialog. On the Ribbon's Shape Styles group, you can find these interface options:
Arrow buttons: Click the round arrow buttons at each end of the Shape Styles group to display more of the available styles.
Submenu: Click at the bottom of the group near the middle to display all the styles on a submenu palette as a drop-down gallery.
More Options: Click to display the Format Shape dialog.
Fill format: Displays the color palette with a Fill Effects option. Choosing Fill Effects displays the Format Shape dialog.
Line format: Formats the line that surrounds a shape.
Clicking the Effects button produces a submenu divided into five categories, each of which has additional submenu palettes with a wide variety of formatting effects. A click on a palette is all it takes to apply an effect. The categories are:
Shadow
Reflection
Glow
Bevel
3-D Rotation
Transparency is a measure of how much you can see through something when it is on top of another object or the background. Something that is adjusted to 100% transparent is invisible. When adjusted to 0% transparency, it is completely opaque. The fun comes in when you adjust transparency somewhere in between and pile objects on top of one another.
When you want more than a printout with the default of every Word 2011 for Mac printer setting, you can find more options by choosing File→Print or pressing Command-P to bring up the Print dialog. You can even find an option here to expose every possible printer control.
Picking a printer in Word 2011 for Mac
The Printer pop-up menu enables you to choose from three options:
List of printers: All available printers are shown, and you can choose which one to use.
Add Printer: Opens the Mac OS X printer options dialog and allows you to add a printer.
Print and Fax Preferences: Opens the Mac OS X Print & Fax system preferences dialog.
Picking a set of preset printing options in Word 2011 for Mac
The Presets pop-up menu enables you to choose from several different printing presets:
Word For Mac 2011 Download
Standard: Most of the time, this is the best one to use.
Last Used Settings: Might be the one for you if you have some special customized presets.
List of Customized Presets: If you've created customized presets in the advanced printing options, you can choose one of them.
Free Word For Mac Downloads
Printing to PDF in Word 2011 for Mac
One of the really neat things about having a Mac is that every application that can print prints to PDF (Portable Document Format). Word is no exception, except that in Word, you can choose File→Save As and in the Format pop-up menu, choose PDF.
Unless you need one of the other PDF options in the following list, you don't have to go through the Print dialog to make a PDF. Here's a rundown on the PDF printing options:
Save as PDF: Opens the Save dialog to save your document as PDF.
Save as PostScript: Opens the Save dialog to save your document as a .ps postscript file. A PostScript printer is needed to print the file.
Fax PDF: Opens the Print dialog to a Mac OS X Fax cover sheet. If your Mac has a dialup modem, you can use this option to fax your file.
Mail PDF: Opens an e-mail message in Apple Mail, not Microsoft Outlook, and adds the PDF as an attachment.
Save as PDF-X: This option flattens transparency and changes colors to CYMK.
Save PDF to iPhoto: Creates a PDF and sends the PDF to iPhoto.
Save PDF to Web Receipts Folder: Creates a PDF and puts it into your Web Receipts folder.
Edit Menu: Allows you to add custom PDF workflows. Click the Help button in the Print dialog for more details.
Previewing in Mac OS X Preview
Advanced Options Word For Mac 2011 Download
The Print dialog is standard for all applications that can print. Mac OS X offers a preview of your document when you click the Preview button. The File→Print Preview command path is no longer available.
