Add or change an effect for a picture - Microsoft Support
You can enhance your picture by adding effects, such as shadows, glows, reflections, soft edges, bevels, and three-dimensional (3-D) rotations to it. You can also add an artistic effect to a picture or change the brightness, contrast, or sharpness of a picture.
Edit pictures - Microsoft Support
After you add a photo, graphic, or picture to your slide, you have many ways to enhance it—such as artistic effects (blur, glow, and more); preset styles that include a border and shading; and color and brightness/contrast adjustments.
Add a fill or effect to a shape or text box - Microsoft Support
You can change the look of a shape or text box by changing its fill or by adding effects to it, such as shadows, glows, reflections, soft edges, bevels, and three-dimensional (3-D) rotations. A fill is a color, pattern, texture, picture, or gradient applied to the interior of a shape.
Add or remove text effects - Microsoft Support
On the Home tab, in the Font group, click Text Effect. Click the effect that you want. For more choices, point to Outline, Shadow, Reflection, or Glow, and then click the effect that you want to add.
Change a theme and make it the default in Word or Excel
Change theme effects. Theme effects include shadows, reflections, lines, fills, and more. While you cannot create your own set of theme effects, you can choose a set of effects that work for your document. On the Page Layout tab in Excel or the Design tab in Word, click Effects. .
Video: Add and change picture effects - Microsoft Support
Add or change an effect for a picture. Reduce the file size of a picture. PowerPoint training. Training: Add and change picture effects to make your pictures look their best. Correct blurry and dark pictures, or add borders and shadows to make pictures stand out.
Curve text around a circle or other shape - Microsoft Support
You can use WordArt with a Transform text effect to curve or bend text around a shape. If you want the text to circle the shape, you can also do this, but it’s a little bit more work. You can also insert WordArt multiple times to wrap text around shapes with straight edges.
Where are the SmartArt tools? - Microsoft Support
Here you'll also find tools to help you apply effects and text styles, and to change the size of your SmartArt graphic. With the tools in the Arrange group, you can edit the position and orientation of pictures and shapes, and alter the layout of text in your SmartArt graphic.
Rotate or flip a text box, shape, WordArt, or picture in Word
You can create the effect of a mirror image or flip an object upside-down (invert it) by using the Flip tools. Select the object to rotate. Go to Shape Format, Drawing Tools or Picture Tools > Format, select Rotate, and then: To turn an object upside-down, select Flip Vertical.
Keyboard shortcuts in Word - Microsoft Support
Open the Design tab to use themes, colors, and effects, such as page borders. Alt+G. Open the Layout tab to work with page margins, page orientation, indentation, and spacing. Alt+P. Open the References tab to add a table of contents, footnotes, or a table of citations. Alt+S
Add, change, or delete the background color in Word
Add or Change the background of a document with pre-selected or custom colors, fill effects like gradient, texture, or patters, or use a picture.