Microsoft Word 2003 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Working With Graphics...................................................1 Inserting and Formatting Text Boxes........................................ 2 Adding AutoShape ................................................................. 8 Inserting Pictures and WordArt.............................................. 11 Creating Watermark ............................................................ 15

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Working With Graphics

Objectives: When you have completed these lessons, you will be able to:

� Insert A Text Box

� Format A Text Box

� Modify Colors And Line

� Apply Text Box Fill Effects

� Insert An AutoShape

� Insert Clip Art/Picture From The Clip Gallery

� Insert A Picture From Another File

� Insert A WordArt Drawing Object

� Create A Picture Watermark

� Create A Text Watermark

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Inserting and Formatting Text Boxes You can add callouts, labels, and other text to your graphics by using text boxes. After you have inserted a text box, you can use the options on the Drawing Toolbar to enhance it as you would for any other drawing object. In this lesson, you will learn how to insert Text Box, format Text Box and apply Text Box fill effects. How to Insert a Text Box

1. Click View >>

Toolbars >> Drawing.

2. Click the Text Box button on the Drawing Toolbar.

3. Click where you want to position the Text Box and drag the pointer to draw the Text Box with the size you want.

1. From the menu, click View >> Toolbars >> Drawing. The Drawing toolbar appears, as shown below.

2. Click the Text Box button on the Drawing Toolbar. The pointer changes to a cross-hair pointer .

3. Click where you want to position the Text Box and drag the pointer to draw the Text Box with the size you want. The Text Box appears in the document, as shown below. You can now type in the text or import a graphic into the Text Box.

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How to Format a Text Box

1. Click the Text Box. 2. Click Format >> Text

Box. 3. Change the Text Box

options from the dialog box such as colors and Lines, Size, Layout, Picture, Text Box and Web.

1. Click the Text Box to select it. The resize handles appear around the Text Box when it is selected, as shown below.

2. From the menu, click Format >> Text Box. The Format Text Box dialog box appears, as shown below.

3. Change the Text Box format options you want such as Colors and Lines, Size, Layout, Picture, Text Box and Web.

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How to Modify Colors and Line

1. Click the Text Box. 2. Click Format >> Text

Box. 3. Under Fill, click the

Color drop-down arrow, and then click the fill color you want.

4. Under Line, click the Color drop-down arrow, and then click the line color you want.

5. Click the OK button.

You can also change the Dashed and Style for the Text Box borderline. Click the respective drop-down arrow and click the option from the list.

1. Click the Text Box to select it. The resize handles appear around the Text Box when it is selected.

2. From the menu, click Format >> Text Box. The Format Text Box dialog box appears.

3. Under Fill, click the Color drop-down arrow. Then click the fill color you want for the Text Box.

4. Under Line, click the Color drop-down arrow. Then click the line color you want for the Text Box.

5. Click the OK button. The Text Box format is modified.

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How to Apply Text Box Fill Effects

1. Click the text box. 2. Click Format >> Text

Box. 3. Under Fill, click the

Color drop-down arrow, and then click the Fill Effects.

4. You can select either one from the four tabs displayed: The Gradient tab, Texture tab, Pattern tab and Picture tab.

5. Click the OK button twice to close all dialog boxes.

1. Click the Text Box to select it.

2. From the menu, click Format >> Text Box. The Format Text Box dialog box appears.

3. Under Fill, click the Color drop-down arrow. Then click the Fill Effects… from the options list. The Fill Effects dialog box appears.

4. You can click any of the four tabs to display the various options to fill the Text Box. Options in the Gradient tab.

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Options in the Texture tab

Options in the Pattern tab

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Options in the Picture tab This option allows you to select a picture file and use it as a background for your text box.

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Adding AutoShape You can use a set of built-in AutoShape in your documents. You can resize, rotate, flip, color, and group the shapes to make more complex objects. The AutoShapes button on the Drawing Toolbar provides a list of categories of shapes, including Lines, Basic Shapes, Block Arrows, Flowchart, Stars and Banners, and Callouts. More shapes can be found in the Clip Organizer as well.

You are able to add text into shapes, meaning that the text becomes part of the shape. If you rotate or flip the shape, the text rotates or flips with it.

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How to Insert an AutoShape Object

1. Click the

AutoShapes button on the Drawing Toolbar. Position the mouse point over the AutoShapes category, and then click the shape you want.

2. Click where you want to position the object and drag to draw the object with the size you want.

3. Type the text in the AutoShape object.

1. Click the AutoShapes button on the Drawing Toolbar. Position the mouse pointer over the Callouts category, and then click the Rounded Rectangular Callout object you want to create. The pointer changes to a cross-hair pointer.

2. Click where you want to position the object and drag to draw the object with the size you want. If you just click in the document, the object is inserted with a predefined size. The insertion point appears in the object automatically. If you want to maintain the shape proportions, hold down <SHIFT> while you drag the shape

3. Type Be the first, if not, do it the best! in the object. The object appears as shown below.

Insertion point

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How to Color an AutoShape

1. Position the mouse

pointer over the border of the AutoShape, right-click the AutoShape. Click Format AutoShape.

2. Under Fill, click the drop-down arrow and then click the color.

3. Click the OK button.

1. Position the mouse pointer over the border of the AutoShape, right-click the AutoShape. In the short-cut menu, click Format AutoShape. The Format AutoShape dialog box appears, as shown below.

2. Under Fill, click the Color drop-down arrow. Click the color and then click the OK button. The AutoShape is filled with the selected color, as shown below.

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Inserting Pictures and WordArt Microsoft 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 enhance your documents with professionally designed images. You'll find everything from scenic backgrounds to maps and from buildings to people. You can also insert a picture or a scanned photo that you import from other programs and locations. You can insert decorative text by inserting WordArt. You can create shadowed, skewed, rotated, and stretched text, as well as text that have been fitted to predefined shapes.

Clip Art from Clip Gallery

Scanned picture

WordArt

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How to Insert Clip Art / Picture from the Clip Gallery

1. Click where you want

to insert a picture or clip art.

2. Click Insert >> Picture >> Clip Art….

3. In the Search for box, type a word or phrase related to the clip you want and click the Go button.

4. In the search result box, click the clip you want to insert it.

If you don't know the exact file name, you can use wildcard characters to search. Wildcard characters Use the asterisk (*) to represent zero or more characters in a file name. Use the question mark (?) to represent a single character in a file name.

If you want to reset the search criteria, click Modify below the Results box.

1. Click where you want to insert a picture or clip art.

2. From the menu, click Insert >> Picture >> Clip Art…. The Insert ClipArt task pane appears, which allows you to search for the clips.

3. In the Search for box, type people and click the Go button. Word searches your hard disk for related clip art.

4. In the search results box, click the clip you want to insert it. The selected clip art is inserted into the document.

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How to Insert a Picture from Another File

1. Click where you want

to insert a picture. 2. Click Insert >>

Picture >> From File.

3. Locate the picture you want.

4. Click the Insert button.

By default, Word embeds pictures in a document, meaning the picture is kept in the document. This increases the file size substantially.

You can reduce the document file size by linking the picture. In the Insert Picture dialog box, click the picture, click the Insert drop-down arrow, and then click Link to File.

1. Click where you want to insert a picture.

2. From the menu, click Insert >> Picture >> From File. The Insert Picture dialog box appears.

3. Locate the picture file you want. You may click on the Look in drop-down arrow to find your files in the particular directory. For an example, click on the Windows directory to get the picture. The preview of the picture is displayed in the window on the right.

4. Click the Insert button. The selected picture is inserted into your document.

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How to Insert a WordArt Object

1. Position the insertion

point at where you want to insert the WordArt object.

2. Click Insert >> Picture >> WodArt….

3. Click a WordArt style and click the OK button.

4. Enter the required text over the default text displayed ‘Your Text Here’.

5. Click the OK button.

If you want to add or change the effects to the WordArt, use the buttons on the WordArt or Drawing Toolbars. The WordArt toolbar is displayed only when you click the WordArt object.

1. Click where you want to insert the WordArt object.

2. From the menu, click Insert >> Picture >> WordArt….The WordArt Gallery dialog box appears.

3. Click a WordArt style and then click the OK button. The Edit WordArt Text dialog box appears.

4. Type Special Promotion. The text you type will replace the default text ‘Your Text Here’.

5. Click the OK button. The WordArt object is inserted into your document, as shown below.

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Creating Watermark Watermarks are used on printed documents to have text or graphics behind the main body text. For example, you may want to repeat your organization logo throughout a document or you may wish to place the words CONFIDENTIAL, FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY behind a page of text. You can create a Picture Watermark or Text Watermark. How to Create a Picture Watermark

1. Click Format >>

Background >> Printed Watermark.

2. Click the Picture watermark option button and click the Select Picture button.

3. Click the picture you want, and then click the Insert button.

4. Click the OK button.

The watermark commands are available only in Normal, Print Layout and Outline views.

1. From the menu, click Format >> Background >> Printed Watermark. Make sure you are in Normal, Print Layout or Outline view. The Printed Watermark dialog box appears, as shown below.

2. Click the Picture watermark option button and click the Select Picture button. The Insert Picture dialog box appears, as shown below.

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3. Click the picture you want, and then click the Insert button. The Insert Picture dialog box closes and returns to the Printed Watermark dialog box.

4. Click the OK button. The Printed Watermark dialog box closes and returns to the current document. Word adjusts the brightness and contrast on the image to make it less visible behind the text.

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How to Create a Text Watermark

1. Click Format >>

Background >> Printed Watermark.

2. Click Text watermark options button. In the Text box, enter the text you want for the text watermark.

3. Select any additional options you want and then click the Apply button.

4. Click the OK button.

1. From the menu, click Format >> Background >> Printed Watermark. Make sure you are in Normal, Print Layout or Outline view. The Printed Watermark dialog box appears, as shown below.

2. Click the Text watermark options button, and click the Text drop-down arrow. Click CONFINENTIAL from the list. You can also enter the text that you want in the Text box.

3. Click any additional options you want, and then click the Apply button. You are able to specify the Size, Color and the Layout of the text watermark. When you click Apply button, Word inserts the text watermark into your document.

4. Click the OK button. The Text Watermark is created on the document.

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