Inserting and Editing Images in Word

Inserting and Editing Images in Microsoft Word

For this lesson you will create a sign which could be posted in your classroom. You will insert an image and modify the image, if you wish. Text will be produced first, then an image will be placed.

Note: Purple text is to be copied to Paste into the document you create

Step 1. Open Microsoft Word. Remember to leave your browser window open until this lesson is finished.

Step 2. Open a new blank document using keyboard commands

IBM - Use Ctrl+N (Hold down the Ctrl key and tap the N key one time)

Step 3. Turn the document to landscape orientation, that makes the longest dimension the width of the page, not the depth. Go to the File menu, select Page Options, choose Orientation and select Landscape.

Step 4. Enter the following line at the top of the page:

Common Sense Rules for Internet Usage - Use your head!

Do not use all caps anywhere on the page. The eye has difficulty scanning text in an all caps format, even including headlines.

Step 5. Copy the following rules and paste them into your document two lines below the headline using toolbar buttons, menu items or keyboard combinations:

1. The best way to be safe on the Internet is not to give out personal information and to talk to your parents or guardians about what you do online.

2. If you make a mistake or are contacted by someone that makes you uncomfortable, you need to let a parent or adult know immediately.

3. Information you give others can lead to you being contacted at your residence or by telephone.

4. If you are old enough to use a computer and build a web page, you are old enough to do it safely and responsibly.

5. Remember - All the rules that you have learned about dealing with strangers are the same on the internet.

6. The Internet is a wonderful resource when used correctly. Where else could you combine the ability to get help with your homework online, or try out the latest version of your favorite video game?

However, when used irresponsibly, the Internet allows bad people to take advantage of your mistakes. DO NOT LET THEM TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU! BE RESPONSIBLE ONLINE!

Click and drag to highlight the rules you see above. With the text selected use the toolbar button, menu item or keyboard combination to copy text. Go to the new Word document and paste what you copied using the toolbar button (it looks like a clipboard), menu item (it is in the Edit menu) or keyboard combination (Ctrl+V).

Step 6. Highlight the title (Common Sense Rules for Internet Usage - Use your head! ) and perform the following actions using toolbar buttons, menu items or keyboard combinations:

Format the text to Bold

Increase the side to 16 pt.

Center the text

Note: all of these actions can be performed using the Formatting toolbar.

Step 7. Highlight the six rules and perform the following actions using toolbar buttons, menu items or keyboard combinations:

Format the text to Italic

Increase the side to 12 pt.

Left align the text, if it is not already aligned

Format spacing so that the rules can be clearly read. Change font if you want.

Note: all of these actions can be performed using the Formatting toolbar.

Step 8. Place your cursor under the title, but above the six rules. You may have to hit Enter/Return to do this.

In Word go to the Insert menu, select Picture then Clip Art. Insert an image having to do with computers or people.

Step 9. With the picture selected, go to the Format menu and select Format Picture. You can also right-mouse click on the picture and go to Format Picture. There are several things that you can do with this picture.

Tab	Actions available
Picture	Crop the picture one margin at a time Change the color to grayscale, black and white, or make a very light watermark out of the image Change the brightness or contrast of the image
Wrapping	Five styles of wrapping allow you to place an image in the middle of a block of text Four possible alignment of text choices are offered distance from the text to the picture can also be specified
Colors and Lines	Place a block of color or a pattern behind the image Place a box around the image, change the thickness and character of the line making the box
Size	Change the size of the picture using an inches scale, or a percent scale (best done by clicking and dragging)
Position	Change the position of the image on the page (best done by clicking and dragging)

Step 10. Resize the image by clicking and dragging. Click once on the image and it will be surrounded by eight boxes; one at each corner, and one in the middle of each line.

If you click on a box in the middle of a line and drag outward from the center of the image you will change only the width or height of the picture, causing distortion.

If you click on a corner box, hold the shift key down, and drag outward from the picture you will change width and height proportionally. If the aspect ratio is locked, Word automatically does this without your having to hold down the shift key.

Step 11. Move the image by clicking and dragging. Click once on the image and it will be surrounded by eight boxes; one at each corner, and one in the middle of each line.

Move your cursor over the image and it becomes a pointer with a four headed arrow attached to it. Click anywhere in the picture and drag it to the desired location.