Working With Pictures When You Are Not A Graphic Artist

Post 2003 there really has been a lot of improvement functionality wise in terms of working with pictures. You really can do a lot of fun and interesting stuff. To get the most out of this write-up upload a stock photo and use that in order to play with the various features I mention here.

Let's get right into it:

Cropping an image:

When you crop an image, you are trimming or removing a part of the picture. Cropping is helpful when a piece of a picture's content is not necessary for your current situation.

1. Select the image you want to crop. The Format tab appears.
On the Format tab, click the Crop command.
2. Cropping handles will appear around the image. Click, hold, and drag a handle to crop the image.
3. Click the Crop command once again. The image will now be cropped. The corner handles are useful to simultaneously affect the image horizontally and vertically.

Cropping an image to a shape:

1. Select the image you want to crop, then click the Format tab.
Click the Crop drop-down arrow. Place the mouse over the shape you want the photo to crop to. Select the shape and you are done.
2. The image will now appear formatted as the shape.

To add a border to a picture:

1. Select the picture you want to add border to, and click the Format tab.
Click the Picture Border command.
2. A drop-down menu will appear.
From here, you can select a color, weight (thickness), and whether or not the line is dashed.

Image adjustments

Examples: You can add a frame, make image corrections, change the image's color or brightness, or even add some stylish artistic effects. These options are located in the "Adjust" and "Picture Styles" groups on the Format tab.

Using your test picture, choose one of these options from the Format tab:

1. Corrections: This command is located in the "Adjust" group. From here, you can sharpen or soften the image to adjust how blurry or clear it appears. You can also adjust the brightness and contrast.
2. Color: This command is located in the Adjust group. Here, you can adjust the image's saturation, tone and coloring.
3. Artistic Effects: This command is located in the Adjust group. From here, you will find effects such as pastels, watercolors, and glowing edges. Note: artistic effects will not work with some clip art images.
4. Picture Styles Group: In this group, you can apply to your picture, effects such as frames, borders, soft edges, and others..

Compressing pictures

In some cases, when you email a document that contains pictures, you'll need to monitor its file size. MS Word can reduce the file size by compressing pictures, which will lower the resolution.

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