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Wrapping Text Around Pictures in Word
Moving Pictures in Word
People often want to add
pictures to a Word document from clipart or from a file on their
computer. It's a great way to enhance letters, documents, fliers, or
brochures created in Word.
The difficulty
is that Word is a word processor (with the capability of adding
graphics) and not a desktop publishing program. Desktop
Publishing Programs like Publisher, PrintShop, or PageMaker make it
easier to combine text and pictures, but often lack the powerful word
processing tools that Word has.
Inserting Pictures
Inserting Clip Art
To insert Clip Art, click on Picture in the Insert menu. Choose the
Clip Art option to show the clip gallery. Once the gallery is
displayed, browse through the folders to find an appropriate image. If
you were to select the Animals category, you would see only images
relating to animals. Use the back button (as you would on the
Internet) to view a different folder.
You can also search for images using the Search feature. Type a
keyword and hit the Enter key to search.
Once you have located the image you want, click on it and then click
the Insert button from the pop up menu. This inserts the image into
your document (at the cursor location).
Inserting a Picture From a File
Before you can insert a picture from a file, you must know where the
file is located. Click Picture from the Insert menu and choose From
File. Browse to locate the graphic file. Highlight it and click the
Insert button, or double-click on the image.
The picture is inserted into the document.
The default formatting is called "inline with text." This means that the
picture is placed in the text and moves the text around almost as if
the picture is a big letter. It can be moved and centered like
text. When selected, the image has a black box around it and
black boxes in the corners. The picture can't be moved.
The Picture Toolbar
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When an image is selected, the picture toolbar usually
appears. If it does not appear, click View then Toolbars, and choose
Picture.
Use it to Insert Pictures, Image control (grayscale, contrast, and
brightness), crop, add lines, change the word wrap, bring up the format
menu, make a transparent color, or reset the image to it’s original
settings.
Wrapping Text Around Graphic
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When you insert an
image, you may wish to have the text wrap around it – so that the text
and graphic can coexist on the same line.
To wrap text, first select the image. Then you can do one of two
things. Either click the wrap text icon on the toolbar (it looks
like a dog on on horizontal lines) and choose an option or go to the
Format Menu and choose Picture from the list. Choose the Wrapping
tab. Select a type of wrapping and a direction. Each of the blocks show
a sample of the effect.
The wrapping types
are Square, Tight, Behind Text, In Front of Text, Top & Bottom, Through,
and Edit Wrap Points. A few examples are show at the bottom of
this page.
The dog represents the picture and the lines
represent the text. For most users, most of the time, Square is
the best option.
For more control, click the Advanced tab (only
reachable through the Format menu).
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Moving a Graphic In Word
After you have changed the formatting to any of the
text wrapping options, place the cursor
over the selected image, the cursor changes into a four-direction arrow
indicating that you can click and drag to move the image.
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