To Create a Compare and Contrast Diagram in Microsoft Word
1. File – Page Setup – Landscape
2. Type: Compare and Contrast – center – Bold – Size 18 – Enter (2x’s)
3. Select the text box icon – draw a small box – type Event 1 - center – Bold –
Size 18
4. Double click on top of the text box – Format Text Box – Colors and Line – Color
select – no line
5. Fill color – select a fill color for your box.
6. The remainder of the text boxes on the page are added the same way as noted in
steps 3 to 5. If the line remains do not select no line but you have the option to
select a color for the line and a weight.
7. Under Autoshapes you may select various shapes to add to your diagram. With
Autoshapes you can sometime right click on the autoshape to add text to it.