The fourth type of diagram is a pyramid diagram. This allows you to show relationships that are based on one concept. The most famous example of this is the food guide; here’s an example of a food pyramid guide created in Word.

 

 

When you click the Insert menu and click Diagram (or click the Diagram button on the drawing toolbar), the Diagram Gallery will open.

 

 

Then, you just have to click Pyramid and click OK. Once you do that, a basic pyramid diagram and the appropriate Diagram toolbar will appear:

 

 

The concepts remain the same for basic editing: click to type text, select shapes to delete them, or use the handles on each side of the border (the shaded box) to resize the diagram.

 

The principles of the Insert Shape button remain the same, too. Click a layer and then click Insert Shape to insert a shape below that level. The next two buttons () look a bit different, but they do the same thing: move text in the selected shape up or down in the pyramid. You can also use the Reverse Direction button () to reverse the order of your pyramid. The Layout menu has the same commands to resize, expand, or fit your diagram. As well, you can use the Change To menu to change the type of diagram you are using. You can even change the style of the diagram using the Diagram Style Gallery button (). Here’s what that window looks like:

 

 

Just select the style you want and click OK to apply it.

 

Last but not least, you can use the text wrapping button () to set text wrapping options.