How to Automatically Change a List with Bullets to a Diagram

There are some wonderful features only available in Powerpoint 2007 that will blow your mind away. One of these super cool functions is the SmartArt button. In a nutshell, you can take any bulleted list in your presentation and with a click magically turn it into a diagram graphic. In this short tutorial, I’ll show you the steps to accomplish this.

Go to Start>Programs>Microsoft Program to open the program, and open the presentation to the slide that you will be working on.

Let’s pretend that you have a bulleted list in one of your slides. Let’s call the slide title “Top Beverages Sold” and under the title in a text box you have the following four items in bullet points: Tropical Soda, Lime Soda, Cola and Root Beer. Next, click on the text box with the bulleted items to select it.

Now go to Home>Convert to SmartArt button, and select it.

Now you can choose from a list of diagram options. Review them and select the one that would best depict the bulleted list in a diagram format, and click OK.

Great Job! This is truly done with a click of your mouse.

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