Insert..Picture..From File

[Mark]

Dear fonts of knowledge

I'm compiling a report for my daughter that consists of paragraphs of text
with photographs between the paragraphs.

When I use the Insert...Picture ..from File command I can bring up the
picture and resize it. That's fine...no problems. The problem is, that you
cant drag and drop the picture to where you want it. Now I know that Word
is not a DTP package...but...there must me a convenient way of say indenting
the picture slightly, centring it, having 2 pics side by side with maybe a
gap between each picture.

What I have noticed, is that immediately after inserting a picture from
File, the handles on the edge of the picture are solid and black. I seem to
recollect clipart having white handles and this enabled you to drag and drop
the graphic. And at some point in the past I remember being able to change
the handles on a picture imported using 'insert...Picture...from file' from
solid black to white...but darned if I can remember how I did it.


So....can anyone help me pleaaaasssseee?

Cheerz

Mark

 

[Mike Williams [MVP]]

Dear fonts of knowledge

I'm compiling a report for my daughter that consists of paragraphs of
text with photographs between the paragraphs.

When I use the Insert...Picture ..from File command I can bring up the
picture and resize it. That's fine...no problems. The problem is,
that you cant drag and drop the picture to where you want it. Now I
know that Word is not a DTP package...but...there must me a
convenient way of say indenting the picture slightly, centring it,
having 2 pics side by side with maybe a gap between each picture.

What I have noticed, is that immediately after inserting a picture
from File, the handles on the edge of the picture are solid and
black. I seem to recollect clipart having white handles and this
enabled you to drag and drop the graphic. And at some point in the
past I remember being able to change the handles on a picture
imported using 'insert...Picture...from file' from solid black to
white...but darned if I can remember how I did it.

Right click -> Format Picture > Layout. Change it to "In Front of Text".
See also:http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/DrwGrphcs/InlineVsFloating.htm
or simply look up "pictures" in the Help file, and you can impress your
daughter with lots of topics on this subject.

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Mike Williams - Office MVP
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[Mark]

Top Banana !!!! Thanks Mike....

...was using Word XP

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Moreover, if this is Word 2000 or above, you can use the Text Wrapping
button on the Picture toolbar to change the wrapping style. If you have Word
2002, you can change the default wrapping style on the Edit tab of Tools |
Options.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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[Mark]

It just gets better !!! Thanks Suzanne

Moreover, if this is Word 2000 or above, you can use the Text Wrapping
button on the Picture toolbar to change the wrapping style. If you have Word
2002, you can change the default wrapping style on the Edit tab of Tools |
Options.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
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