CA word:5 Images & graphics

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Images, shapes and other graphics make a document more visually interesting. They can also help you explain and enhance your content and give your document more impact.

Adding Pictures:

A well-placed photo may be what your doc needs to attract interest. To insert photo: click pictures on insert tab, nav to picture location on computer, network or cloud. You can perform many actions on photos and other inserted graphics including sizing and rotating, cropping and repositioning. Can also apply many different styles and effects to a graphic.

Sizing and rotating:

When you insert a photo, the picture tools format tab is added to the ribbon & the image display handles.

Drag any handle to size the image or press & hold shift while dragging a corner handle to size image proportionally (w/o distortion).

You can also size the image to exact dimensions w/height and width boxes in the size group on the Pictures Tools Format tab

You can rotate the image by dragging the top circular handle, or use rotate command on picture tools layout tab. When a pic is selected an icon appears to its right that opens an image layout options menu.

Cropping an image:

Often you'll want to exclude a portion of a photo e.g. focus on head & shoulders

To do this, crop the photo to remove unwanted areas

first, click crop on picture tools format tab, which displays heavy crop handles around your photo.

Next, drag crop handles to focus on just the area you want to display

Click anywhere outside the photo to remove crop handles and hide unwanted parts.

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Repositioning an image:

When you insert a photo, its placed at the insertion point & is therefore in a paragraph where para formats can be applied.

You can center your image by applying the center format to the para

Similarly, you can align a photo using indents or tabs & tab stops.

To drag a graphic freely around the page, or have text wrap snugly around it, you need to change the TEXT WRAP > select image, picture tools format tab>wrap text > square. You can now drag image anywhere and text will flow and align.

Other options in wrap text work similarly, if you don't want image to move freely, choose in line with text.

These options are also available in the layout options menu

You can also use options in the Position or Align commands to quickly move an image to a specific location or your page.

Layout tab options:

Numerous styles, borders, effects & layouts are available on the picture tools format tab. You can preview results by pointing to commands.

Using Clip Art:

When you want to include a general purpose image, you can use clip art from the internet. To choose from available clip art, click the online pictures command on the insert tab to display a dialog box w/search box.

Type a word or short phrase into box to bring up internet results w/images that match your text.

Clip art from internet is protected by copyright through CCL so you can use free non-commercially.

Word Art:

Feature that converts text to a graphic element - if you want to create vertical text or text w/shadows or outlines, use wordart.

Create by insert>wordart & select style. This displays wordart text box. Replace text by typing & resize if needed. WA Graphic moves freely.

Wordart is highly customizable, /options to curve text, produce shadows & outlines etc. Use the wordart styles group on drawing tools format tab. The formats depend on the selected theme.

Adding shapes to doc:

Shapes, such as stars, arrows and callouts have many uses in a doc. E.g use callout near an image to add a phrase. To add shape, click shapes on insert tab & choose shape. After selecting, your pointer changes to a large crosshairs. Drag crosshairs anywhere to produce shape. Drag to any location or drag a handle to resize it.

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Text boxes:

Can be placed anywhere, can be sized, shaded and have borders or other graphical elements. They contain text that's formatted like any other text but is separate from rest. They're useful for elements such as a newsletter masthead or pull quotes and sidebars. To insert, click insert, text box.

Smart art:

SmartArt graphics convey info about a hierarchy, process or other types of relationship. They provide a visual element along w/text. Smartart can be useful in business reports, science papers etc. that can make use of a graphic representation of an idea or structure. Click insert>smartart, click a graphic to display a description.