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By Saikat Basu
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Open a new document. Go to the View tab, and then check the Gridlines box. With the grids, you
can align shapes and other objects in your Word documents. The grids can only be viewed in
the Print view. But rest assured they cannot be printed.
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Turn on the Object Snapping option. Click the picture or object. In the Graphic Tools tab, click
on Align > Grid Settings. Enable both the highlighted settings below for better alignments of
the graphics in the logo.
Snap objects to other objects. Check this box to make a shape or object align with other
shapes or objects.
Snap objects to grid when the gridlines are not displayed. Align shapes or objects to the
closest intersection of the grid even when the grid is not visible.
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You can press the ALT key to override the previous settings temporarily when you drag a shape
or object.
The above settings prepare our document for the first shape or object we are about to insert. We
are going to use fonts and basic shapes. We are going to use some of the same techniques
covered when we made a flowchart in Microsoft Word 2013 by aligning and formatting different
shapes. The logo is going to be a bit more artistic to the eye than the business-like flowchart.
You can also right-click the shape and choose Format Shape. Now, you have more powerful
controls that allow you to fine-tune the look of the shape. For example if you want to use a
gradient instead of a solid fill. For simple logos, a solid fill is preferable to a gradient.
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You can also leave the background for the last part of the design. This helps you use the grid
instead of obscuring it with the colored fill of the background.
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Select the three different objects and select Group from the right-click menu. And then, set
Shape Fill to white. You can also select Group from the Drawing Tools. Its on the extreme right.
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The next step is a bit tricky. Unlike PowerPoint, Microsoft Word does not have the facility to
merge and combine shapes. We have to rely on creatively using another shape of a smaller size
(and different color) to create a hollow hexagon with a thick outline. Of course, you can always
create a multi-sided box with the Line shape and give it a specific thickness too.
Create a copy of the original hexagon and set the shape fill to the background color. Position it
over the original hexagon. Instead of dragging the handles, I find it easier to use the more
precise Size fields in the Drawing toolbar.
The Size field helps you make minute tweaks to any object and is always a better option to
dragging the corner handles.
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The second bird on the right is a mirror image of the first symbol. See this Microsoft Word
support article to see how to reverse a text box and create its mirror image.
Now, the major part of the logo has taken shape.
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Font pairing is an art. I wont be able to go into it in detail here, but there are websites like Font
Pair, I Font You, and Typ.io that can help you out. You also dont have to feel forced by the fonts
you have on your computer. Theres an ocean of free fonts you can download with a click.
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Still confused? This Microsoft Support page explains the screen clipping steps in more detail.
Right-click on the logo and choose Save as Picture to save your logo in the popular image
formats given in the dialog box.
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Use the Windows Snipping Tool. This lesser known tool in the Windows 10 toolbox can be
launched from search bar. Type Clipping Tool to make it appear. It works like a simple screen
capture utility.
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To take a screenshot, select New. Select the part of the screen that you want to capture. Choose
Rectangular by pulling down the arrow on the New button.
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WordArt. The old favorite. WordArt is one of the quickest ways to create text logos that look
stylish. You can combine WordArt with Shapes and Icons to enhance your creative options. The
Microsoft Support page should help as a primer.
I would try to avoid WordArt and keep things simple by using a creative combination of artistic
fonts. And then, enhancing with subtle text eects.