WORKING WITH IMAGES PICTURES & CLIPART
Illustrations Group
Inserting Images
In Word you can insert several types of images into documents
 Pictures, e.g. Photos or Artwork you created
 Clip Art, e.g. Cartoons, Drawings, Photos and other images supplied by Microsoft (and
others) with Word (installed on your PC) and online.
To INSERT a picture from your PC
1. Place and Click the cursor where you want to insert the image
2. Click on the INSERT tab – Click on Picture
3. From the Insert Picture box
move to the folder holding
the picture.
4. Click to select the folder
5. Click on your Picture
6. Click on INSERT
To INSERT Clipart
1. Place & Click the cursor where you want to insert the image
2. Click on the INSERT tab – click on Clip Art
3. The Clip Art task pane will open on the right of the screen
4. In “Search for” – type in what you are looking for
e.g. Crown
5. Complete the next 2 boxes drop down boxes
6.
Click GO
7. When the thumbnail images appear, right-click on image
you want - which opens its menu then
SELECT INSERT.
(or just double click on image)
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Adjusting size of images
First CLICK on the IMAGE to show handles
To adjust the size, click on a
handle and drag it in our
out.
To keep it in proportion,
drag on a corner handle.
Moving an IMAGE
You can move an Image
if it has a moving handle
plus an Anchor
in the margin.
These will show up when you move the mouse over the image. When you see it Click and hold the
Left Mouse on the crosses arrows - then drag the image to where you want it.
HOWEVER if you have just inserted an image the cross arrow symbol will NOT be available
Set up TEXT WRAPPING to anything OTHER than “In Line with Text” see below
FORMATTING an Image
After inserting a picture or clip art, you can adjust its size and position, change its brightness, the
contrast or the shades of colour, add a border or other effects. The tools are on the FORMAT
RIBBON.
The Tab for this
ONLY appears when you CLICK on an IMAGE.
CLICK on the TAB
and the Format RIBBON appears
Hover over a command for more information
Most commands have a drop down menu –
CLICK on it or the arrow to activate it.
Try various commands to get the effect you want
REMEMBER the IMAGE must be selected
for the formatting will work on it.
If Text wrapping is “IN LINE WITH TEXT”
You cannot move the image without the text
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The various text wrapping formats allow the Image and the Text to be in a variety of layouts
The text may be around the image, to one side only, above or below, behind or in front.
Adjust options
Shape (triangle)
Recoloured
Contrast
Border
Crop image - remove part of the image:
Click on the Crop button from the Format Ribbon. A broken black
outline appears around the image Drag a black corner or line in and
across to remove what you want to crop.
Click the Crop button again to end the process.
To restore the image, click the Crop button and pull the handle back out.
Or use the UNDO or RESET buttons
Multipule images
To use 2 or more images together use the “Send to back “– “Bring to front “ commands
to put the ladybird on top
or under the picture
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