Adding Images

• This seems trivial, but a little guidance seems to help many people.
• This is from 182 of the book.
• Search google for superhero images.
  • Select one with a relatively clear background
  • I selected
• When working on documents
  • Unless I give you specific instructions for pictures, fonts, ... you may use what you want.
  • But please do use the techniques we have discussed.
    • Sections, formatting, ...
• Right click and copy the picture
• Move to the document and paste it.
  • Clicking on the picture will bring up the Picture Tools Format special tabs.
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• He has a bigger border than I like, so let's crop the image.
  • Select the Crop tool in the Size workgroup.
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  • Drag the black edges to remove part of the border.
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  • Click outside of the picture to exit crop
• You can reduce the size, by dragging the dots on the edges
  • But the corners will maintain the proper ratio.
• Positioning pictures is not hard, but you need to use the Layout Options
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  • Using this tab, control how the picture will interact with the document.
• This is totally gratuitous, but I like the Remove Background Tool in the Adjust tab.
  • This is sometimes flaky.
  • But sometimes it works well.
  • Crop him and wrap text tightly.
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• Inserting a screen shot
  • Make sure that you are not clicked on the picture in the document.
  • Pick any other picture you are interested in.
  • On the Insert tab in the Illustrations command group select the Screenshot dropdown
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  • Select Screen Clipping
    • It will take a second for
    • The word document to disappear
    • The screen to turn "white"
    • A cross hair to appear.
  • Use the cross hair to select the image you want in your document.
• I want to point out some interesting features of the document so
  • On the Illustrations command group of the Insert tab select shapes
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  • I like spidey, I want to point him out so select an arrow
  • Adjust rotation, color, ...
  • Using the Text Box on the Insert tab in the Text command group, add the text "Spidey"
  • Remove the background and fill colors.
  • Group the text.
• Add a circle, or no circle around another superhero.
• Group the picture and two shapes
  • This frequently causes word to move the image and change the alignment characteristics.
  • Just fix it.
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• Save the document, just two more major word things.
  • Tables and page orientation.
  • Page numbers.