MS Word is a professional text editor, which is primarily intended for office work with documents. However, not always and not all documents must be decorated in a strict, classic style. Moreover, in some cases the creative approach is even welcome.
We all saw medals, emblems for sports teams and other "things", where the text is written in a circle, and in the center there is some drawing or a sign. You can write the text in a circle and in the Word, and in this article we will tell about how to do it.
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Make an inscription in a circle in two ways, more precisely, two types. It may be the usual text located in a circle, and there may be text in a circle and on a circle, that is, exactly what they do on all sorts of emblems. Both of these methods we will consider below.
Circular inscription on the object
If your task is not easy to make an inscription in a circle, and create a full-fledged graphic object consisting of a circle and an inscription located on it too in a circle, you will have to act in two stages.Creating an object
Before making an inscription in a circle, you need to create this very circle, and for this you need to draw an appropriate figure on the page. If you do not know how you can draw in the Word, be sure to read our article.
Lesson: How to draw in Word
1. In the Word Document, go to the tab "Insert" in a group "Illustrations" Press the button "Figures".
2. From the drop-down menu, select Object "Oval" In chapter "Basic Figures" And draw the figure of the desired size.
- Advice: To draw a circle, and did not oval, before stretching the selected object on the page, you must click and hold the key SHIFT As long as you draw the circle of the desired size.
3. If necessary, change the appearance of the drawn circle using the tab tools "Format" . Our article, presented on the link above, will help you.
Adding lettering
After you painted a circle, you can safely move to adding an inscription, which will be located in it.
1. Click twice in the figure to go to the tab "Format".
2. In group "Inserting figures" Press the button "Inscription" And click on the figure.
3. In the text field that appears, enter the text that should be located in a circle.
4. Change the inscription style if necessary.
Lesson: Font change in Word
5. Make an invisible field in which the text is located. To do this, follow the following:
- Right click on the contour of the text field;
- Select "Fill" , in the drop-down menu, select the parameter "No fill";
- Select "Circuit" and then the parameter "No fill".
6. In the group "Wordart Styles" Click on the button "Text Effects" and select the point in its menu "Convert".
7. In the section "Trajectory of Movement" Choose the parameter where the inscription is located in a circle. He is called "Circle".
Note: Too short inscription may not "stretch out" throughout the circle, so you have to perform some manipulations with it. Try to increase the font, add gaps between letters, experiment.
8. Stretch a text box with an inscription to the size of a circle on which it should be located.
Slightly experimenting with the movement of the inscription, the size of the field and font, you can harmoniously enter the inscription in the circle.
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Writing text in a circle
If you do not need to make a circular inscription on the figure, and your task is to simply write text in a circle, it is possible to make it much easier, and just faster.
1. Open the tab "Insert" and click on the button "Wordart" located in the group "Text".
2. In the drop-down menu, select your favorite style.
3. In the text field that appears, enter the required text. If necessary, change the style of the inscription, its font, size. You can do all this in the tab that appears "Format".
4. In the same tab "Format" , in a group "Wordart Styles" Click on the button "Text Effects".
5. Select it in its menu item "Convert" and then select "Circle".
6. The inscription will be located in a circle. If required, apply the field size in which the inscription is located to make the circle perfect. At will, or need to change the size, font style.
Lesson: How to make a mirror inscription
Here you learned how to make an inscription in a circle, as well as how to make a circular inscription on the figure.