When Microsoft introduced SmartArt as part of Office 2007, it essentially created one of the most welcomed and used featuresin all of Microsoft Office programs. People loved this feature, and you will still find that so many users are amazed by thefact that you can convert some bulleted texton a PowerPoint slide into a graphic with one click!
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Follow these steps to insert a new SmartArt graphic in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac: Insert a new slide where you want to place your SmartArt graphic. Alternatively, launch PowerPoint. You will see the Presentation Gallery- click Cancel in this gallery to open a blank presentation with a new slide. SmartArt graphics and tools are available in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word. You can find all the tools for SmartArt graphics on the SmartArt toolbar. To activate the SmartArt toolbar, click on a SmartArt graphic. If your document doesn’t already contain a graphic, create one by following the instructions in Create a SmartArt graphic. Feb 27, 2019. Feb 27, 2012.
Downloadable Smart Art
In addition to creating SmartArt, and including a bunch of some great variants out of the box, Microsoft also created a wayfor individuals and developers tocreate their own custom SmartArt Layout files. These new SmartArt Layouts with the file extension, GLOX could drop into adesignated folder, and this simple action would result in additional SmartArt graphics being available.
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Unfortunately there was no rush of customized SmartArt graphics, and also, there was no clamor for more and more SmartArtgraphics! Why did this happen?
This happened because creating SmartArt graphics on your own was not as simple as you may think. Very few additional SmartArtgraphics have been created by third-party vendors yet, and that explains why most users are not aware that extra SmartArtgraphics are an available option!
Download Smartart
We started looking for online sources for GLOX files, and it seems that the offerings are very thin indeed. One site that didhave some GLOX files was theLoki3 Diagrams site (seeFigure 1, below), which has provided all their GLOX content under theCreative Commons license.
Figure 1: Download some SmartArt GLOX files
Thereafter, follow these steps:
Note: Did you get any error message when you summon Choose a SmartArt Graphicdialog box? The reason behind the error message might be a GLOX file that is not downloaded properly, or even corrupted. Notedown the name(s) of the GLOX file(s), shown in the error message, download them again, and copy them to the required folder.
I anwered my own question...ℹ
I just checked on the help section of the Text Pane in SmartArt Graphic. It is a compatibility issue. I copied the explanation from the Help section in case any of you encounter the same issue again. I couldn't solve the issue but I try not saving the file (which is dangerous at time) until I am done inserting the text into the selected SmartArt Graphic. It worked.
SmartArt graphics in earlier versions of Office
SmartArt Graphics are incompatible with earlier versions of Office. Instead, the SmartArt Graphics are converted to pictures when you:
After the SmartArt graphic converts to a picture, you cannot edit its contents or change the layout.
If you later save the file in the Office 2008 format, the picture reverts to a SmartArt Graphic.
Note SmartArt Graphics are compatible with the 2007 Microsoft Office system (for Windows).
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