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1 Word Lesson 6 Working with Graphics. Working with Graphics 2 Graphics—pictures that help illustrate the meaning of text and make the page more attractive

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1Word Lesson 6Working with Graphics1Working with Graphics2Graphicspictures that help illustrate the meaning of text and make the page more attractiveYou can add predefined shapes, diagrams, and charts as well as photographs and drawings. You can also use Words drawing tools to create your own graphics and add them to your documents.Creating Columns3Sometimes a document can be more effective if the text is formatted in multiple columns. Ex) NewslettersPage Layout tab>Page Setup group>Columns button4

Adding Borders and Shading to Paragraphs5Borders around a paragraph draw the readers attention to the paragraph. A border can appear on all four sides, on two sides, or on one side of the paragraph.Home tab>Paragraph group>Borders buttonTo change the border style, click Borders and Shading on the menu to open the Borders and Shading dialog box. You can also add shading or patterns to a paragraph or lines of text.6

Adding Borders and Shading to Pages7Page Layout tab>Page Background group>Page Borders buttonThis opens the same Borders and Shading dialog box you used to add borders and shading to paragraphs except the default in the Apply to box is Whole document, and there is an additional Art box at the bottom of the middle section of the dialog box. In the Art box, you can choose graphics to use as a border. As with a paragraph, you can add page borders to any or all sides of a page.Understanding Objects8Objectanything that can be manipulated as a whole, such as clip art or another graphic You can insert, modify, resize, reposition, and delete objects in documents. You can cut, copy, and paste objects the same way you do text, using either the Cut, Copy, and Paste commands or by dragging and dropping the selected object.

Inserting Clip Art9Clip Artgraphics that are already drawn or photographedInsert tab>Illustrations group>Clip Art buttonIn the Search for box, type a word or words that describe the type of clip art you wish to insert. These words are called keywords.By default, Word will search all clip art on your computer as well as on Microsoft Office Online, a Web site maintained by Microsoft that stores thousands of pieces of clip art.

Selecting an Object10To manipulate or modify an object, select it first. selection rectanglebox with small circles at the corners and small squares on the sidessizing handlessmall squares and circles; drag to resize the object. Rotation handlegreen circle you can drag to rotate the objectResizing an Object11Aspect ratiorelationship of the objects height to its widthdrag a corner sizing handle (one of the circles) to change the objects height and width proportionatelydrag a side sizing handle (one of the squares) and it does not maintain the ratio12

Repositioning and Removing an Inline Object13inline objectit is treated as if it were a character in the line of textYou can apply paragraph formatting commands to the paragraph that contains the inline object; for example, you can use the Align commands to change its alignment.Wrapping Text Around an Object14To save space and make a document look more professional, you may want to wrap text around an object. To do this, you need to change the inline object to a floating object.floating objectacts as if it were sitting in a separate layer on the pageYou can drag a floating object anywhere on the page.Select the picture>Arrange group>Text Wrapping button15

Recoloring Pictures16You can change the brightness or contrast, or recolor an image all in one shade or with a washout (very light) style.Format tab>Adjust group>click the Brightness or Contrast button>then click a percentage to adjust the settingsAlso in the Adjust group, you can click the Recolor button, and then click a style to recolor the image all in one shade.Inserting Pictures17Insert tab>Illustrations group>Picture button The picture is inserted as an inline object at the location of the insertion point. You can then change the object to a floating object if you want, as well as resize and reposition it.

Drawing Shapes18To create your own images, Insert tab>Illustrations group>Shapes buttonAdding Color and Style to Drawings: To fill with a different color--Shape Fill buttonTo change the line or outline color--Shape Outline button

Drawing Shapes (continued)19Adding Text to Your Drawings: Right-click, and then click Add TextAdding Callouts to Your Drawings: A callout is a special type of label in a drawing that consists of a text box with an attached line to point to something in the drawing. To add a callout, click one of the callout buttons on the Shapes menu, and then type the callout text in the callout shape.

Creating Diagrams and Charts with SmartArt20Diagrams and chartsvisual representations of data In Word, you can insert diagrams and charts quickly using predesigned drawings called SmartArt. Examples of SmartArt: Cycle, Radial, Pyramid, Venn, and Target diagrams, and Organization Charts21

Creating Diagrams and Charts with SmartArt (continued)22Add Text to a SmartArt Graphic: click in each box in the graphic and start typing to replace the placeholder textModify a SmartArt Graphic: You can resize SmartArt graphics. You can change a SmartArt graphic from an inline object to a floating object. You can add an outline and a colored fill to the entire graphic. You can change the look and structure of a SmartArt graphic by using the many commands available on the SmartArt Tools contextual tabs.

Creating WordArt 23WordArtstylized text that is treated as an objectInsert tab>Text group>WordArt buttonChange the WordArt style, color, and outline color by clicking buttons on Format Tab>WordArt Styles groupChange WordArt Shape button in the same groupDrag the sizing handles to resize WordArt