View the Text Pane

The SmartArt has two parts: the Graphic and the Text Pane. The Text Pane is the outline to the left of the SmartArt diagram. You can Show or Hide the Text Pane if you wish.

 

3. Try This: View the Text Pane

Click on the SmartArt diagram.

Go to SmartArt Tools ->Design.

Go to Create Graphic.

Select: Text Pane.

 

What Do You See? The Text Pane can be displayed or hidden.

 

What Else Do You See? When you close the Text Box look on the left side of the SmartArt Diagram for a small set of arrows that you can use to Show the Text Pane again.

 

Keep going...

SmartArt Tools->Design->Create Graphic->Text Pane

Exam 77-883: Microsoft PowerPoint 2010

3. Working with Graphical and Multimedia Elements

3.4. Manipulate SmartArt: View the Text Pane