A word cloud is a visual representation of textual data (words or pieces of text). It is a beautiful way to communicate information. You provide the text, either in paragraph or list form, and the software creates a beautiful image, the words that appear more frequently in the source text are usually larger.

There are a number of packages that you can use to create word clouds. One online free tool is Wordle. One major reason to use Wordle is that the images you create are copyright free and you can use them any way you want – even commercially on your website! To quote the Wordle site:


“The images you create with Wordle are yours to use in any way you choose… If you want to give credit to wordle.net, feel free! But it's not required. “


Here is a word cloud the image generated from the above text:



So lets learn how to make Wordle word clouds….




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Isabella18 Premium
Thank you! Can't wait to give this a try!
Isabella
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mjpd Premium
Hope it goes well for you!
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LLiu Premium
I really like this too!
Thank you so much for this. It came just in time for me and my site that I am doing.
Linda :-)
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mjpd Premium
Great!
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MarionBlack Premium
I love this! Definitely worth bookmarking. Thank you.
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mjpd Premium
I am glad you like it!
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SZev Premium
Nice job! Thanks...
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mjpd Premium
You are welcome!
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geraldkew Premium
Amazing stuff! Thanks for sharing, cheers!
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You are welcome!
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