You can use WordArt to turn blank space into an appealing banner.
Instead of using plain text to title a MS Word document, you can create a WordArt object that formats the title to look like a banner. This gives you significantly more options for jazzing up the title's appearance. You can slant it, curve it, tilt it, rotate it, change its shape, give it a shadow, make it look 3-D and add a colored outline or background.
Instructions
1. Open the Word document and click at the top of the first page, or wherever you want to insert the banner-style title.
2. Click the "Insert" tab on the Ribbon.
3. Click the "WordArt" icon on the Ribbon, in the Text group. A menu will drop down, showing the different styles and formats of banner-style titles you can use. Click the style you prefer.
4. Type the title in the Edit WordArt Text dialog box that pops up, in the field marked "Your Text Here." Use the drop-down Font and Size fields at the top of the dialog box to change the appearance of the WordArt's text, if desired.
5. Click "OK" at the bottom of the dialog box. Word will insert your newly created banner-style title in the document and will switch to the Format tab on the Ribbon.
6. Click and drag the gray squares at the sides and corners of the WordArt to change its size, if desired. Use the controls on the Ribbon to change the banner's color, outline, shape and effects, if desired.
