How To Draw An Overlapping Venn Diagram

You can create a SmartArt graphic that uses a Venn diagram layout in Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word. Venn diagrams are platonic for illustrating the similarities and differences betwixt several different groups or concepts.

Overview of Venn diagrams

A Venn diagram uses overlapping circles to illustrate the similarities, differences, and relationships between concepts, ideas, categories, or groups. Similarities betwixt groups are represented in the overlapping portions of the circles, while differences are represented in the non-overlapping portions of the circles.

A Venn diagram

1 Each large grouping is represented by one of the circles.

2 Each overlapping expanse represents similarities betwixt two big groups or smaller groups that belong to the 2 larger groups.

What practise you lot desire to do?

On the Insert tab, in the Illustrations grouping, click SmartArt.

An example of the Illustrations grouping on the Insert tab in PowerPoint 2022
In the Choose a SmartArt Graphic gallery, click Relationship, click a Venn diagram layout (such as Basic Venn), and then click OK.

Add together text to the main circles

Select a shape in the SmartArt graphic.
Exercise one of the following:
- In the Text pane, click [Text] in the pane, and and so type your text (or select a bullet and type your text).
- Copy text from some other location or program, click [Text] in the Text pane, and then paste your text.
- Click a circumvolve in the SmartArt graphic, and then type your text.
Notation:If you lot do not meet the Text pane, you can open it by clicking the control on the left side of the SmartArt graphic.

Add text to the overlapping portions of the circles

Yous cannot add together text to the overlapping portions of a Venn diagram from the Text pane. Instead, you lot can insert text boxes and position them over the overlapping areas.

In Excel, Outlook, and Word:

On the Insert tab, in the Text group:
- In Excel click Text Box.
- In Outlook, click Text Box, and and so click Draw Text Box.
- In Word, click Text Box, and then at the bottom of the gallery, click Depict Text Box.
And so practice the following:
- Click and drag in an overlapping circle. Draw the text box the size y'all want.
- To add together text, click within the box and type.
- To change the groundwork colour from white to the color of the overlapping circle, right-click the text box, and then select Format Shape.
- In the Format Shape pane, under Make full, select No fill.
- To delete the lines around the text box, with the text box all the same selected, click Line in the Format Shape pane, and then select No line.
  Notes:
  - To position the text box, click information technology, so when the pointer becomes crossed arrows (), drag the text box to where you want it.
  - To format text in the text box, select the text, so use the formatting options in the Font grouping on the Home tab.

In PowerPoint:

On the Insert tab, in the Text group, click Text Box.
Click and drag in an overlapping circle. Draw the text box the size you desire.
To add text, click inside the box and type.

Click the existing circle that is located closest to where you lot want to add together the new circle.
Under SmartArt Tools, on the Design tab, in the Create Graphic group, click the arrow next to Add Shape.

If yous don't meet the SmartArt Tools or Design tabs, make certain that you lot've selected the SmartArt graphic. You lot may demand to double-click the SmartArt graphic in order to open the Design tab.
Do one of the following:
- To insert a circle afterward the selected circle, that will overlap the selected circle, click Add together Shape After.
- To insert a circle before the selected circumvolve, that will overlap the selected circle, click Add together Shape Before.

Notes:

When you lot want to add together a circle to your Venn diagram, experiment with adding the shape earlier or after the selected circle to get the placement you want for the new circle.
To add a circle from the Text pane, click an existing circumvolve, move your arrow before or after the text where yous want to add the circle, and then press Enter.
To delete a circle from your Venn diagram, click the circle you want to delete, and then press Delete.

To move a circle, click the circumvolve, and and so drag it to its new location.
To move a circle in very modest increments, concord downwardly CTRL while yous press the arrow keys on your keyboard.

Right-click the Venn diagram that y'all want to modify
Click a layout pick in the Layouts grouping on the Pattern tab under SmartArt Tools. When yous betoken to a layout option, your SmartArt graphic changes to show y'all a preview of how it would expect with that layout. Cull the layout that you desire.
- To show overlapping relationships in a sequence, click Linear Venn.
- To show overlapping relationships with an emphasis on growth or gradation, click Stacked Venn.
- To evidence overlapping relationships and the relationship to a central thought, click Radial Venn.

To quickly add together a designer-quality look and polish to your SmartArt graphic, yous tin change the colors of your Venn diagram. You can too add effects, such as glows, soft edges, or three-D effects.

You can apply color combinations that are derived from the theme colors to the circles in your SmartArt graphic.

Click the SmartArt graphic whose color that you desire to alter.

Nether SmartArt Tools, on the Blueprint tab, in the SmartArt Styles grouping, click Change Colors.

If y'all don't run into the SmartArt Tools or Pattern tabs, brand sure that yous've selected the SmartArt graphic.

Tip:When you position your arrow over a thumbnail, you tin come across how the colors affect your SmartArt graphic.

Change the line color or style of a circle's edge

In the SmartArt graphic, correct-click the border of the circumvolve you desire to modify, then click Format Shape.
In the Format Shape pane, if necessary, click the pointer next to Line to expose all the options, and then do one of the following:
- To modify the color of the circle's border, click Color , and and then click the color that you lot want.
- To change the line fashion of the circle'south border, select the line styles that y'all want, such equally Transparency, Width, or Dash Type.

Alter the background colour of a circle in your Venn diagram

Click the SmartArt graphic that y'all desire to change.

Right-click the border of a circle, and then click Format Shape.
In the Format Shape pane, under Make full, click Solid fill.
Click Color , and so click the color that you want.
- To change the background to a color that is not in the theme colors, click More Colors, and and so either click the colour that you lot want on the Standard tab or mix your own colour on the Custom tab. Custom colors and colors on the Standard tab are not updated if y'all afterward change the document theme.
- To increment the transparency of the shapes in the diagram, movement the Transparency slider or enter a number in the box next to the slider. You lot can vary the pct of transparency from 0% (fully opaque, the default setting) to 100% (fully transparent).

A SmartArt Style is a combination of diverse effects, such equally line style, bevel, or 3-D rotation that you can use to the circles in your SmartArt graphic to create a unique look.

Click the SmartArt graphic that you want to change.

Under SmartArt Tools, on the Pattern tab, in the SmartArt Styles grouping, click the SmartArt Mode that you want.

To see more SmartArt Styles, click the More button .

Annotation:When you position your pointer over a thumbnail, you lot can encounter how the SmartArt Style affects your SmartArt graphic.

Tip:If yous're using PowerPoint 2022 or PowerPoint 2022, you lot can breathing your Venn diagram to emphasize each circle. For more data, meet Animate a SmartArt graphic.

See Besides

Choose a SmartArt graphic

Learn more about SmartArt Graphics

Add shapes

What practise you want to practise?

On the Insert tab, in the Illustrations grouping, click SmartArt.
In the Choose a SmartArt Graphic gallery, click Relationship, click a Venn diagram layout (such as Basic Venn), and then click OK.

Add together text to the main circles

Select the SmartArt graphic.
Under SmartArt Tools, on the Design tab, in the Create Graphic group, click Text Pane.

If you do not see SmartArt Tools or the Design tab, make sure that you take selected a SmartArt graphic. You may need to double-click the SmartArt graphic to open the Design tab.
Do one of the following:
Click [Text] in the Text pane, and and so type your text.
Copy text from another location or program, click [Text] in the Text pane, and and so paste your text.
Click a circle in the SmartArt graphic, and so type your text.
In the Text pane, under Blazon your text here, select a bullet and blazon your text.

Note:You can besides open the Text pane past clicking the control.

text pane control

Add text to the overlapping portions of the circles

You cannot add text to the overlapping portions of a Venn diagram from the Text pane. Instead, y'all tin can insert text boxes and position them over the overlapping areas.

To insert a text box, do the following:

On the Insert tab, in the Text grouping, click Text Box.
Drag to draw a text box.
Select the text box and type your text.
Position the text box over the overlapping expanse of the circles.

Click the SmartArt graphic that y'all want to add together another circle to.
Click the existing circumvolve that is located closest to where you want to add together the new circle.
Under SmartArt Tools, on the Pattern tab, in the Create Graphic grouping, click the arrow adjacent to Add Shape.

If you don't run into the SmartArt Tools or Blueprint tabs, brand sure that yous've selected the SmartArt graphic. You may need to double-click the SmartArt graphic in club to open the Blueprint tab.
Do one of the following:
- To insert a circle subsequently the selected circle, that will overlap the selected circle, click Add Shape After.
- To insert a circle before the selected circumvolve, that volition overlap the selected circle, click Add Shape Before.

When you want to add together a circle to your Venn diagram, experiment with adding the shape before or after the selected circle to get the placement y'all want for the new circle.
To add a circle from the Text pane, click an existing circumvolve, move your arrow before or after the text where you want to add together the circle, and then printing ENTER.
To delete a circumvolve from your Venn diagram, click the circle you want to delete, and then printing DELETE.

To move a circumvolve, click the circumvolve, and then drag it to its new location.
To move a circumvolve in very small increments, agree downwards CTRL while you press the pointer keys on your keyboard.

Right-click the Venn diagram that yous want to change, and then click Change Layout.
In the Choose a SmartArt Graphic dialog box, click Relationship in the left pane, and in the correct pane do one of the following:
- To show overlapping relationships in a sequence, click Linear Venn.
- To evidence overlapping relationships with an emphasis on growth or gradation, click Stacked Venn.
- To show overlapping relationships and the relationship to a central thought, click Radial Venn.

Note:You can also change the layout of your SmartArt graphic by clicking a layout option in the Layouts group on the Design tab under SmartArt Tools. When you lot betoken to a layout choice, your SmartArt graphic changes to show you a preview of how information technology would look with that layout.

To quickly add a designer-quality look and smoothen to your SmartArt graphic, you tin can alter the colors of your Venn diagram. You can besides add together effects, such equally glows, soft edges, or 3-D furnishings.

You tin apply color combinations that are derived from the theme colors to the circles in your SmartArt graphic.

Click the SmartArt graphic whose color that you desire to change.

Under SmartArt Tools, on the Design tab, in the SmartArt Styles group, click Modify Colors.

If you lot don't see the SmartArt Tools or Design tabs, make sure that y'all've selected the SmartArt graphic.

Tip:When you lot position your pointer over a thumbnail, you can meet how the colors affect your SmartArt graphic.

Alter the line colour or style of a circumvolve'south border

In the SmartArt graphic, right-click the border of the circle you want to change, and so click Format Shape.
In the Format Shape dialog box, exercise 1 of the following:
- To change the color of the circle's border, click Line Color in the left pane, in the Line Colour pane, click Color , and then click the color that you lot desire.
- To change the line manner of the circle's edge, click Line Style in the left pane, in the Line Style pane, and then select the line styles that you want.

Change the background color of a circle in your Venn diagram

Click the SmartArt graphic that yous want to change.

Right-click the border of a circle, and so click Format Shape.
In the Format Shape dialog box, in the left pane click Fill, then in the Fill pane click Solid fill.
Click Color , and so click the color that y'all desire.
- To modify the background to a color that is not in the theme colors, click More than Colors, and and then either click the color that you want on the Standard tab or mix your ain colour on the Custom tab. Custom colors and colors on the Standard tab are not updated if yous afterward change the document theme.
- To increase the transparency of the shapes in the diagram, motility the Transparency slider or enter a number in the box next to the slider. You can vary the per centum of transparency from 0% (fully opaque, the default setting) to 100% (fully transparent).

A SmartArt Style is a combination of various furnishings, such as line fashion, bevel, or 3-D rotation that you tin can use to the circles in your SmartArt graphic to create a unique expect.

Click the SmartArt graphic that you desire to alter.

Under SmartArt Tools, on the Pattern tab, in the SmartArt Styles grouping, click the SmartArt Style that y'all want.

To see more SmartArt Styles, click the More than button .

When you lot position your arrow over a thumbnail, you can see how the SmartArt Style affects your SmartArt graphic.

If y'all're using PowerPoint 2022, you tin animate your Venn diagram to emphasize each circle. For more than data about how to breathing a SmartArt graphic, see Animate your SmartArt graphic.

Click the Venn diagram that you want to animate.
On the Animations tab, in the Blitheness group, click the More push button , and then click the animation that you want.
To make each circle in the Venn diagram enter in sequence, on the Animations tab, in the Blitheness group, click Effect Options, and and then click Ane by One.