Question

• smartart can be added by: - clicking the smartart icon in the or clicking the smartart icon in the content placeholder - choosing an option from the - smartart can also be created from text in a - after text has been added on the home tab in the , click convert to smartart and choose a smartart layout from the menu - text can be added to the shapes included in the by: - clicking on the shape where text needs to be entered and beginning to type in the - using and typing in the text which will appear in each shape - smartart, when selected, make the on the ribbon which can be used to design and format the smartart - text placeholder in the shape - textbox - paragraph group - the text pane - illustrations group - smartart tools section appear - smartart graphic - choose a smartart graphic dialog box

Explanation:

To solve this, we match each blank with the correct option based on PowerPoint (or similar software) knowledge about SmartArt:

1. "clicking the SmartArt icon in the" → Illustrations group (as SmartArt is in the Illustrations group on the Insert tab).
2. "choosing an option from the" → Choose a SmartArt Graphic dialog box (when you click SmartArt, this dialog box appears to choose a layout).
3. "SmartArt can also be created from text in a" → textbox (you can convert text from a textbox to SmartArt).
4. "after text has been added on the Home tab in the" → Paragraph group (the "Convert to SmartArt" option is in the Paragraph group on the Home tab).
5. "Text can be added to the shapes included in the" → SmartArt graphic (the shapes are part of the SmartArt graphic).
6. "clicking on the shape where text needs to be entered and beginning to type in the" → text placeholder in the shape (each shape has a text placeholder for typing).
7. "using" → the Text Pane (the Text Pane is used to enter text for SmartArt shapes).
8. "SmartArt, when selected, make the" → SmartArt Tools section appear (selecting SmartArt shows the SmartArt Tools section on the Ribbon).

Answer:

1. clicking the SmartArt icon in the $\boldsymbol{\text{Illustrations group}}$
2. choosing an option from the $\boldsymbol{\text{Choose a SmartArt Graphic dialog box}}$
3. SmartArt can also be created from text in a $\boldsymbol{\text{textbox}}$
4. after text has been added on the Home tab in the $\boldsymbol{\text{Paragraph group}}$
5. Text can be added to the shapes included in the $\boldsymbol{\text{SmartArt graphic}}$
6. clicking on the shape where text needs to be entered and beginning to type in the $\boldsymbol{\text{text placeholder in the shape}}$
7. using $\boldsymbol{\text{the Text Pane}}$
8. SmartArt, when selected, make the $\boldsymbol{\text{SmartArt Tools section appear}}$