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How do I create a Tagxedo?

 

Tagxedo turns words -- famous speeches, news articles, slogans and themes, even your love letters -- into a visually stunning word cloud, words individually sized appropriately to highlight the frequencies of occurrence within the body of text.

 

1. Go to http://www.tagxedo.com

 

2. Click "Start now" to enter text, or enter a URL or twitter address.

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3. You can adjust the text by clicking "Load," skip words by clicking "Word/Layout Options," upload a unique silhouette by clicking "Shape" among other options.

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4. Take a screen shot of your wordle to save it to the computer.

Mac users: Hold down the following to select a portion of the screen to save: Command, Shift, 4. It is automatically saved to the desktop as "Picture."

 

PC users: Search for the "Snipping Tool" to select a portion of the screen, and click 'Save As' and save it to the desktop as "Capture."

 

 

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Good examples of Tagxedos can be found below

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