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An even newer post includes animated word clouds.Īs usual, if you want a free copy of the source PowerPoint file for this post, use the link below and click on the PowerPoint icon to download the file containing these objects: NOTE: A newer post applies 3d effects to word clouds. These transforms can be used in other ways see this post for examples. Add lines to help size and position these.
Some of the text boxes (e.g., DATA) use the Fade Right/Left/Up/Down transform.Also make sure that the text remains “perfectly” circular (equal height and width) before rotating. This transform has a center make sure that the center is at the intersection of the guidelines before rotating. Some of the text boxes (SECURITY) use Arch Up/Down (centered on the circle) adjusted and rotated.The center text (WIRELESS) uses the Inflate transform and is centered.Set up Drawing Guides for the center of the cloud add additional temporary circles and lines to help align the text.Here are some notes on this construction: Here’s another example using a circular shape and other kinds of transforms: Here’s the more loosely packed lower case cloud I added a temporary oval to help with the layout:
Most other text tools, options and effects can be used with Transformed text.įor the rectangular cloud, use the handles to resize and rotate the text boxes use Drawing Guides to help “pack” the text into the rectangle. Alignment ( Left, Center, etc.) doesn’t affect the Warp/Square text it does affect some other transforms. The Internal margin options seem to have no effect. Here’s what the process looks like:įont size tools and the Autofit options are not available for Transformed text. Make sure the Wrap text in shape option is unchecked. To create the cloud, create text boxes and apply the Text Effect Transform/Warp/Square use the handles to manipulate the text boxes. In both cases, convention for acronyms or commercial names may overrule your choice of case examples are “WiFi,” “BYOD” and “802.11n.” In a looser shape, perhaps suggesting confusion, lower case can be used: I used upper case text in this example since it seems to work better in rectangular shapes. Word clouds might also be used to represent markets, product lines, etc. The relative size and shape of the “cloud” and the photo suggest that these concerns might be intimidating for the executive. In a presentation context, you might use this idea to dramatically illustrate the various concerns that a CIO might have about the impact of wireless on his operations:
NOTE: This post is about manually creating conceptual word clouds for presentation purposes, It does not address the “computation” of a word or tag cloud. The frequency is assumed to reflect the importance of the term in the context of the document. Word (“tag”) clouds are normally used to display the frequency of appearance of words in a particular document or speech – more frequently used words appear larger in the word cloud. A “word cloud” can be used in a PowerPoint presentation to graphically present a group of concepts, markets, customer concerns, etc.
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