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Simply link to text on a website for which you want to create a word cloud.  

Customization Options

Go to Common Customization Options to see the rest of the options

Title of word cloud: sets the title that appears below the word cloud

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  • Either type in a hexadecimal color value, or
  • Or click on the colored square to see show the ColorPicker tool

Title font size

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Lowest visible frequency: screens out words that appear less frequently

  • Type in a number
  • If you do not want to see words that appear only once, for example, set the "lowest visible frequency" to 2

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Scale: determines the layout of your word cloud

  • "Linear Scale": " have words that happen more frequently be larger than words that happen less frequently
  • "Logarithmic Scale": " emphasize the differences between close frequencies, such as between words that appear twice and words that appear three times
  • "Binary Scale": " have words show up the same way regardless of frequency

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  • By default, the Word Cloud is given randomly assigned colors
  • Click the colored square In to show the ColorPicker tool
  • Choose , choose one or more colors by clicking the tabs at the top of the wheel
  • Note that each color selected becomes part of a gradient that is distributed across the word frequencies

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  • Type in a number
  • A higher number tilts words more, a lower number tilts them less, and entering zero does not tilt them

Show a list of words?:   choose to hide hides particular words in the word cloud

  • Click True in the drop-down menu
  • Find a list of words in the top left corner of the word cloud
  • Click the x to hide words
    • Undo by clicking the arrow to show words

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