Word+It+Out

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From their website:

WordItOut Features
WordItOut is the word cloud generator that gives you control with many custom settings. Free to use and no sign up required!
 * Customise more settings than any other word cloud generator
 * Create word clouds from sentences, whole documents, web addresses or tables.
 * Decide how to filter that text, which words to display or remove, and tweak their importance with ease.
 * Design your word cloud as you like, find that perfect layout, choose your own colours, fonts and sizes (and how to mix them), or let WordItOut find a random look for you!
 * Keep control of your word clouds
 * Share your word cloud with the world (or keep it secret!)
 * Easily embed them on your own website (as big or small as you want)
 * Download your own copy as an image file
 * **Get any word cloud on a T-shirt, card or more...**

Brief Instructions for using WordItOut:


 * 1) Log onto the WordItOut website by clicking here: []
 * 2) Click on "CREATE YOUR OWN."
 * 3) In the box that appears, type in text, or paste text, or even put in a web address with an RSS feed.
 * 4) Click the GREEN "Word It Out" button.
 * 5) On the next page, scroll down some to see your box of options.
 * 6) There are three tabs on the right hand side: TEXT, WORD LIST, and WORD CLOUD.
 * 7) It should default to WORD CLOUD first, so let's start there:
 * 8) Under the WORD CLOUD tab, you have options for changing the way your tag cloud will appear.
 * 9) Start by changing the background colors by clicking on the colored box and choosing a color.
 * 10) The word colors are next, and can be changed the same way. You will choose two colors and the program will blend an array of the colors for you.
 * 11) There is a pull down menu to vary the word colors based on word count or randomly, etc. Choose an option.
 * 12) The color blending method lets you create a rainbow of colors within your two tones, or just use the two colors you've chosen.
 * 13) Under Layout, you can vary the margin of your tag cloud by increasing or decreasing the numbers. If you put in a negative number, the tag cloud will extend beyond the margin and not be visible. This could be useful if you are doing something artistic, but if you are analyzing text, you may want to consider not using it.
 * 14) In the Text section, use the pull down menu to select your text.
 * 15) In the Size section, you can vary the size of the text by manipulating the numbers in the boxes. The first number represents the largest word, the second number represents the size of the smallest word.
 * 16) The pull down menu for Varying The Word Size gives you options about how the word sizes will appear. Except for "Count," the options are artistic in nature. If you are doing something academic with your tag cloud, "Count" is important. It will allow you to see the frequency with which words are being used.
 * 17) Be sure to click "APPLY" to change the settings.
 * 18) Let's take a look at the TEXT tab next:
 * 19) Under the text tab, you can set the tag cloud to ignore certain words in several ways.
 * 20) For one, you can tell it to ignore all words of a certain length. It defaults to 2-letter words, but you can change that by clicking on the +1 or -1 buttons.
 * 21) In the box below that, you can actually type in a word that you want to ignore in the cloud.
 * 22) You can also remove certain punctuation by typing it into the box available.
 * 23) The last option is a replacement box. If you type a particular character in there, such as the "~" symbol, the program will display that symbol as a space, allowing you to put phrases in the tag cloud rather than singular words.
 * 24) Be sure to click "APPLY" to change these settings.
 * 25) Finally, let's look at the WORD LIST tab:
 * 26) This tab allows you to change settings related to the words that appear in your tag cloud.
 * 27) The first option lets you decide how to place the words in your cloud whether you want them alphabetical, random, etc. Use the pull down menu to choose.
 * 28) The next option is to choose how many words you want to display in your cloud, from a minimum of 15 to a maximum of 410. Use the +1 and -1 buttons to increase or decrease those numbers.
 * 29) With the "Case to Display" option, you can direct the program to display your tag cloud's words "As Is," or in all lowercase or all uppercase.
 * 30) The final option is to decide whether or not you want to see a particular word. If your text has more words than you've said you want to appear, then you will get a list that is in both green and red. Green words are represented in your cloud, red words are not. You can click on any word and decide whether you want to include it or remove it by clicking the button that appears. If you choose to include a word that is beyond the number you set in #3, it will automatically remove another word in your cloud, just so you know.
 * 31) Be sure to click "APPLY" to save the changes you've made.
 * 32) Before you click save, there are a couple of other options you may want to consider, all of which are buttons in the top left corner, just above your tag cloud.
 * 33) You can click on the RANDOM button to regenerate your cloud with random settings.
 * 34) You can click REDRAW to regenerate your cloud with the same settings.
 * 35) You can click SET TARGET to change the point from which the tag cloud will emanate. (It defaults to the center.)
 * 36) When you are happy with your changes, click the green SAVE button.
 * 37) You will be asked to TITLE your tag cloud, give a DESCRIPTION, and your EMAIL ADDRESS.
 * 38) Click OK.
 * 39) Click on the link provided in the next box, or retrieve the cloud from your email.
 * 40) On the next page, you can download the cloud as a PNG image by clicking the DOWNLOAD button underneath the cloud.
 * Or, you can click the FULL SCREEN button to make the cloud bigger, then right click on the image to save it to your computer.



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