When you want to add visual depth to your document, you have choices. You can insert WordArt, a series of preset text effects that stretch or bend text in interesting ways. Or you can apply text styles to text that you've already inserted, either standalone text or text in a text box.
Do any of the following:
 | Apply a text effect to existing text |
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Select the text that you want to format.
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On the Home tab, under Font, click Text Effects
, and then select the effect that you want to apply to the text.
 | Insert WordArt |
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On the Document Elements tab, under Text Elements, click WordArt, and then click the WordArt that you want.
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Type the text that you want.
 | Add a mirror image |
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Select the text or WordArt that you want to format.
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On the Home tab, under Font, click Text Effects
, point to Reflection, and then click the reflection style that you want.
 | Add a shadow |
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Select the text or WordArt that you want to format.
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On the Home tab, under Font, click Text Effects
, point to Shadow, and then click the shadow style that you want.
 | Add a glow |
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Select the text or WordArt that you want to format.
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On the Home tab, under Font, click Text Effects
, point to Glow, and then click the glow style that you want.
 | Add other effects |
You can apply other effects to text in a text box or to WordArt. For example, you can bend text or make it 3-D.
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Select the text box or WordArt that you want to format, and then click the Format tab.
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Under Text Styles, click Effects, point to an effect, and then click the one that you want.

 | Add a shadow [Compatibility Mode] |
Compatibility mode indicates that the document was created using an earlier version of Word
or saved in an earlier file format.
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Select the text box or WordArt that you want to format, and then click the Format tab.
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Under Shadow Effects, click Shadow.
