Shapes in PowerPoint can accept text, and a circle with text but no shading resembles a line drawn around a word. This method aligns text within the circle, creating a clean, professional design.

You can import Word content into PowerPoint as an object or use a Word Outline. Learn how to convert a Word document to PowerPoint.

Word can't break in to them to add text, but this doesn't mean you've got to settle with how they appear on the Word page. Use Word's text boxes to layer your documents, adding text to scanned files.

Microsoft Word can accommodate a surprising number of file formats, and even take in Excel and PowerPoint data, though it might look funny. Here's how.