WordArt makes word stand out. I'm certainly not the only one that some spent hours playing with WordArt as a child. That means I grew up being familiar with word. Maybe it increases the number of users in the long run.
>I'm certainly not the only one that some spent hours playing with WordArt as a child.
Exactly that is what I am talking about. It is a totally irrelevant feature, which has exactly zero use to the application itself and only adds a mountain of complexity.