a
wide variety of clip art that makes it easy for you to dress up your documents
with professionally designed images. You'll find everything from maps to
people and from buildings to scenic backgrounds.
Inserting an image into a Microsoft Word document:
Word comes with its own set of pictures in the Clip Gallery. The Clip
Gallery includes a
wide variety of clip art that makes it easy for you to dress up your documents
with professionally designed images. You'll find everything from maps to
people and from buildings to scenic backgrounds.
It's easy to select a picture. Just point to Picture on the Insert menu, click Clip Art, and then click the Clip Art or Pictures tab. The Clip Gallery includes a handy Find feature to help you locate just the right images for your document. It also includes its own Help system, where you'll find such information as how to add your own pictures to the gallery, how to keep it up to date, and how you can personalize it to suit your own needs. To use the Find feature or to get Help, click Find or Help on the Clip Art or Pictures tab.
You can also insert pictures and scanned photographs called imported art or graphics from other programs and locations.
To insert a picture from another program, click Picture on the Insert menu, and then click From File. When you select a picture, you can right-click with your mouse to produce a menu (and toolbar) with options you can use to crop the picture, add a border to it, and adjust its brightness and contrast.
To insert a scanned photograph, click Picture on the Insert menu, and then click From Scanner. The image appears in Microsoft Photo Editor, a program you can use to edit the picture.
After inserting clipart or pictures into your document, click on the
inserted item to highlight it. Next, click on the Format menu and select
Picture at the bottom of the menu. Select the tab marked "Wrap". Select
the style of word wrap that you prefer. If you are unsure, select "tight
wrap".