DECEMBER 2011- ADDING GRAPHICS TO A WORD PROCESSING DOCUMENT

ADDING GRAPHICS TO A WORD PROCESSING DOCUMENT
DECEMBER 2011
MICROSOFT WORKS 8.0 WORD PROCESSING
Add an existing picture or photo from a file on your computer:
1. In the document, click where you want to insert a picture.
2. On the Insert menu, point to Picture, and then click From File.
3. If the picture file you want is listed, double-click the file name to open it.
4. If the picture file isn’t listed, switch to the drive or folder where the file is located, and then double-click the name of the file you want to open.
Tip: You can also add an existing picture by clicking the Insert Picture icon on the toolbar.

Add a Microsoft clip art picture:
1. Click in the document where you want to insert a picture.
2. On the Insert menu, point to Picture, and then click Clip Art.
3. Click Browse.
4. Under Select a category, click the category you want.
5. You can refine your search by choosing a sub-category under Select a sub-category, or a type of clip under Select a media type.
6. Click the picture you want, and then click Insert.
Tip: You can also add an existing picture by clicking the Insert Clip Art icon on the toolbar.

If the picture you want to insert is on the Works compact disc, you will be prompted to insert the disc containing the clip into the CD-ROM drive of your computer. After you insert the compact disc, Works will find the picture you want and insert it into your document.

Add a picture or clip art from the Internet:
1. Locate the graphic on the Internet.
2. Right click on the picture and select Copy.
3. Click in the document where you want to insert the picture.
4. Right click and select Paste.

Resize a Photo or Clip Art Picture:
To resize clip art and maintain a picture's proportions:
1. In your document, click the picture that you want to resize. Selection handles appear around the picture.
2. Position the mouse pointer over one of the CORNER handles until it looks like a 2-pointed arrow.
3. While holding down the left mouse button, drag the corner into the center of the picture until it is the size you want, then release the mouse button.
Note:
To keep the same proportions, you MUST drag a corner handle. If you drag in a side or top handle, you will warp the picture.



Crop a picture
1. In your document, click the picture that you want to crop. Selection handles appear around the picture and a Picture toolbar will appear at the top of the page.
2. Click on the "Crop" tool on the Picture toolbar.
3. To crop a single side, use a side, top, or bottom handle. To crop two adjoining sides at once, use a corner handle.
4. To crop equally on two sides at once, hold down CTRL as you drag the center handle on either side inward. To crop equally on all four sides at once, hold down CTRL as you drag a corner handle inward.
6. Drag the handle until you have cropped the area you want to remove. Release the mouse button.
Notes:
a. Cropping does not make any change to the actual picture or graphic. You are simply telling the program how much of the original picture that you want displayed.
b. If you want to resize the picture, do this BEFORE cropping. Trying to resize after cropping will reverse the cropping and display the full picture.

Wrap text around an object:
You can wrap text around an object to highlight the shape, curves, and points of the object. It makes a document look interesting, and doesn't move the object.
1. Click to select the object (picture or clip art).
2. On the Format menu, click Object.
3. Click the Wrapping tab.
4. Under Style, click on one of the style choices:
a. The In Line With Text style insets the graphic in the text at the location of the insertion point. The graphic moves as you add or delete text. The text does not wrap around the graphic; white space extends to the margins on either side of the graphic.
b. The Square style wraps the text around all sides of a square bounding the graphic. The graphic moves as you add or delete text.
c. The Tight style wraps the text around the graphic in an irregular shape bounding the actual image. The graphic moves as you add or delete text.
In the Square and Tight styles, you will have available the Text Placement option boxes that will allow you to move the picture to the left or right margin.


CHRISTMAS FREEBIE:
Often we try to include information in documents that require aligning the text. Using tabs is the way any typist would use to do this and it works well if all the information is the same length and there are only a few items. However if some information is long and others are very short tabbing doesn't work. Using the table function is the answer. The table function wraps the text to fit and aligns everything. It offers controls to show borders, text breaks and many other features and is easy to use.