Getting Started with Word Animation tutorial 83: Adding shadows and three-dimensional effects

For objects such as AutoShapes, text boxes, WordArt, and even the constituent frames in a document, you can make them more solid by shading or three-dimensional effects.

One, add shadow

Steps:

1. Select one or more drawing objects to which you want to add a shadow.

2. Click the Shadow button on the Drawing toolbar.

3. In the shadow list, click a shadow effect that you want to select.

Note: Some drawing objects, such as lines, clip art, and so on, can only use a few shades.

4. For a graphic that adds a shadow effect, you can click Shadow settings to modify its performance with the Shadow Settings toolbar. You can also use it to remove a shadow (another way to remove a shadow is to: In the Shadow list, click No shadow).

Tip: Once you click the Nudge Shadow button, you can move the shadow one pixel, and hold down the SHIFT key to move it six pixels at a time.

Two, set three-dimensional effect

Steps:

1. Select one or more drawing objects to which you want to add a three-dimensional effect.

2. Click the three-dimensional effect button on the Drawing toolbar.

3. In the three-dimensional effects list, click an effect style that you want to select.

Note: When you set a three-dimensional effect on a graphic, its line formatting is canceled.

4. For a graphic that has three-dimensional effects, you can click three-dimensional settings to modify its performance with the three-dimensional settings toolbar. You can also use it to cancel three-dimensional effects (another way to cancel a three-dimensional effect is to: in the three-dimensional effect list, click No three-dimensional effect).

Attention:

1. You cannot set two effects for the same object. If you set a three-dimensional effect on an object that has been shadowed, the shadow effect is removed, and vice versa.

2. For clip art, you can add a shadow to the whole, you cannot add three-dimensional effects (but you can add three-dimensional effects to each of its components), and for pictures in other formats, shadow and three-dimensional effects cannot be added.

The animation of the specific operation process is as follows:

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