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A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words Nothing beats a screen shot when you are trying to convey information about using the computer. With just a couple of easy shortcuts, you can add screen shots to your documents. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Absolutely Positioning a Picture Once you place a picture in your document, does it seem to have a mind of its own? If so, you’ll benefit from the information in this tip. Learn how to make pictures stay exactly where you want them to stay on the page. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Adding a Background to Your Document How to add a graphic background to your document. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Adding WordArt Libraries You can use WordArt to add some interesting effects to your documents. If you want to add to WordArt’s capabilities, though, you are probably out of luck and need to look to a different solution. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Adjusting Shadow Settings Give your graphics depth by applying a drop-shadow. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Automatically Formatting Graphics and AutoShapes Using the Options dialog box to format graphics in a Word document automatically. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Cannot View Graphics in a Document Got a problem where you can’t view any of the graphics you insert in your document? The solution could be simple, or you could be seeing a symptom of a more complex problem. This tip explains some of the things you can check out. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Capturing a Screen Adding screen shots (information captured from your computer screen) to a document can be very helpful. Fortunately, it is also very easy to do. This tip explains a couple of ways you can get the absolute best screen shots from your system. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Changing Compression Print Resolution The resolution at which Word compresses graphics in a document may be bothersome. If it is, your options are very limited, and you will probably get better results by looking toward a solution other than Word. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Changing Defaults for Text Boxes and Callouts One of the great uses to which you can put Word’s AutoText feature is to provide “default” text boxes and callouts. This tip explains why you might want to do that, and how to go about doing it. Microsoft Word versions: 6 | 95 | 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Changing the Size of a Drawing Object Documents are often made up of more than just text. If you have drawing objects in your document, you will doubtless need to change their sizes from time to time. Here’s how to easily make the changes you need. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Changing the Size of a Graphic Graphics, once placed in a document, can easily be resized to reflect your exact layout needs. This tip describes how you can use the mouse to resize your graphics. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Choosing an Insert Method for Pictures The way that you choose to add pictures to your document can have an effect on the file size of those documents. It is best not to paste pictures, but to insert them instead. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Clip Art Sizing Difficulties A discussion of problems a reader was having resizing clip art in Word. Microsoft Word versions: 6 | 95 | 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Clip Gallery in a Word 2002 World How to view the Clip Gallery once you have installed Word 2002. Microsoft Word versions: 2002 | 2003

Creating a Drawing Object Word documents can contain more than just words—they can also contain drawing objects such as lines and simple shapes. Word provides an easy way to add such objects to a document, but the tools differ based on the version of Word you are using. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Creating Oval Pictures A couple of ways to create oval shaped pictures in a Word document. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Creating Usable Figure Captions Many people add both images and figure captions within text boxes so they can be easily positioned within a document. Doing so, however, has drawbacks as the figure captions are not as easily accessible for cross referencing or for inclusion in a Table of Figures. This tip describes how you can rectify this situation so that the captions are again usable. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Cropping Graphics Graphics placed in a document can be “cropped” so that parts of the graphic are hidden from display. This tip explains how to crop graphics and also discusses why making such croppings doesn’t result in a smaller document. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Default Picture Location When you insert pictures into a document, the first folder that Word opens up is normally the My Pictures folder. You can change the starting folder my making a change on the Files tab of the Options dialog box. This tip explains how to make the change. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Default Picture Settings How to make pasting multiple pictures easier. Microsoft Word versions: 6 | 95 | 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Determining Picture Size in VBA A VBA macro that will determine the size of all the graphic objects within your document. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Disappearing Graphics Groups Word allows you to format graphics individually as well as collectively, in groups. If you group graphics together, you need to remember to apply any positioning or behavioral formatting necessary so that your group is handled by Word as you expect. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Displaying Thumbnails and Full-Size Images Sometimes images can be just too big to display in a document. Instead you may want to display a smaller, thumbnail-size version of the graphic that people can click on in order to see the full-size version. Word doesn’t have a built-in function to do this, but you can devise your own display method using the hyperlink capabilities of the program. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Editing Wrap Points If you have a graphic that has text wrapping around it, you might want a way to modify the wrapping path used by Word. You can easily do that by modifying the points that define the wrapping path. This tip shows how easy it is to monkey with the wrap points around an image. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Extracting INCLUDEPICTURE File Names If you use the INCLUDEPICTURE field to add images to your document, you may love the macro in this tip. It allows you to pull all the filenames used in the field, resulting in a handy image file list. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Extracting Pictures from a Document Placing pictures in a document is fairly straight-forward; getting them out again is not so obvious. This tip discusses different approaches you can follow in order to get pictures back out of a document and into graphics files. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Faster Picture Displaying If you have a document with many graphics, you know that Word can sometimes be slow in displaying all those graphics. This tip examines why this occurs and discusses some things you can try to speed up the display of those pictures. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Filling A Drawing Object Creating a drawing object can be just the first step in putting together your masterpiece drawing. This tip explains how you can fill the object with a color of your choosing. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Fixing the Big Red X When there are red x's in your document where graphics are supposed to be, use this tip to fix the problem. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Flipping a Drawing Object Place a drawing object in your document, and it doesn’t have to stay that way. You can flip a drawing object in either of two directions, as discussed in this tip. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Graphics and Line Height If the inline graphics in your document appear “chopped off,” it could be directly related to the formatting within the paragraph containing the graphic. This tip explains why this chopping happens and how you can adjust formatting so that the entire graphic shows up. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Graphics in Address Labels Learn how to add graphics to the address labels you print in Word. Microsoft Word versions: 6 | 95 | 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Grouping Drawing Objects Drawing objects are easily added to a document. You can group these objects so they are easier to manage by following the steps in this tip. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Hiding Graphics Do you need a printout where graphics can be turned on and off? This tip provides some concrete ways you can get just want you need in such a printout. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Horizontal Alignment Errors for Graphics Discussion of alignment differences for graphics in Word 97 and Word 2000. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000

Inserting a Picture in Your Document Word allows you to insert quite a few different types of pictures in your document. Here's a quick overview of how it works. Microsoft Word versions: 95 | 97 | 2000

Inserting Multiple Clip Art Gallery Clips How to insert multiple clip art clips in a Word document at the same time. Microsoft Word versions: 6 | 95 | 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Merging Graphics from Access An Access database can store all types of data, including graphic images. Merging most data from Access into Word is relatively easy, except when it comes to graphics. This tip explains why this is the case and ways you can work around the problem. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Merging Graphics into Word Documents When creating a mail merge document, you may have a need to merge graphics. For instance, each record in the database from which you are merging may include a photo or other illustration unique to that record. Getting these to show up in a merged document can be frustrating—unless you know the proper approach to take. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Motion Clips that Automatically Play Creating documents that have Motion Clips. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Moving Drawing Objects When you need to move a drawing object around your document, you use the mouse after you select the object. This tip shows how you can make the move. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Moving Object Anchors With this tip you can move an Object Anchor to another paragraph without moving it on the document itself. Microsoft Word versions: 6 | 95 | 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Nudging a Graphic If you need to move a graphic just a little bit in one direction or another, you can do so by using the techniques in this tip. (Hint: Using the keyboard to nudge a graphic is easiest.) Microsoft Word versions: 6 | 95 | 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Only Inline Figures can be Seen and Printed Do you have graphics in your document that you cannot see and that won’t print out? This tip provides some ideas as to why you may be having troubles with the pictures. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Pictures Move on their Own Insert some pictures into a document, and you may be in for a surprise—they don’t necessarily stay where you put them. Depending on how you add pictures and what formatting you apply, your pictures may move around a document the same way that you text can. This tip explains how to make pictures stay where you put them. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Positioning Graphics Evenly If you have some graphics inserted in your document, you may want to adjust the horizontal space between those graphics. Here’s the easiest way to make that adjustment. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Printing Graphic Borders How to make sure that graphic borders print as you expect. Microsoft Word versions: 6 | 95 | 97

Removing Return Addresses Word allows you to print return addresses on your envelopes. You may run across a scenario where the return address is being stubborn, and you need to track down how to fully get rid of it. This tip examines all the places where your return address could be cropping up and leads you through getting rid of it once and for all. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Resize Graphics Outside of Word Understanding how Word uses graphics will help clear up problems with resizing them in a document. This tip explains why you should always do your resizing in a program other than Word. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Rotating a Drawing Object You can add all sorts of drawing objects to a document. Once placed, you can then rotate them to your heart’s content. This tip explains a couple of ways you can perform the rotation. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Rotating Graphics Around a Different Center Point You use the rotation handle in Word 2002 and Word 2003 to, well, rotate graphics around a center point. But if you hold down the Ctrl key while you use the handle, you can rotate the graphic around a center point that is even lower in the graphic. Microsoft Word versions: 2002 | 2003

Rotating Pictures Did you ever want to rotate artwork in Word? Microsoft Word versions: 6 | 95 | 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Searching and Replacing Graphics The Find and Replace feature of Word allows you to locate and change a variety of information, including graphics. This tip explains how, exactly, you can do that. (It isn’t necessarily intuitive.) Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Searching for Floating Graphics Graphics can be added to a document so that they are either inline with the text or floating over the text. You can use Word’s find and replace tool to locate the inline graphics, but not the floating ones. This tip provides ways you can find the latter. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Selecting a Graphic that is Behind Text Word allows you to move a graphic behind the text in your document, but this can make selecting the graphic at a later time a bother. This tip explains how to easily select a graphic, regardless of where it is in relation to your text. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Selecting Drawing Objects How to select one or more drawing objects in a document. Microsoft Word versions: 6 | 95 | 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Stopping Text From Jumping Around Place a graphic in your document, and your text can move all over the place. This tip explains how you can lock down your graphics and stop the jitters in your text. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

The Default Picture Editor Did you ever wonder why you can't set up Paint Shop Pro as your preferred Word picture editor? Microsoft Word versions: 6 | 95 | 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Turning On Picture Placeholders Documents with lots of graphics can slow down the editing of a document, or they can be distracting. One way to deal with lots of graphics is to turn on picture placeholders. This feature, described in this tip, shows positioning information for a graphic, but does not display the graphic itself. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Understanding Fill Effects Want to fill a drawing shape with more than just a color? Word allows you to use all sorts of fills, as described in this tip. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Understanding Graphic Linking There are a couple of different ways you can add graphics to your document. This overview explains your options. Microsoft Word versions: 6 | 95 | 97

Understanding Grayscale Images Word allows you to easily add images to your documents. For documents intended for monochrome printers, grayscale images are the most common type of graphic you can use. This tip explains exactly what a grayscale image is. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Understanding Object Anchors A brief definition of Object Anchors and how to lock them into place with the paragraph they are associated with. Microsoft Word versions: 6 | 95 | 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Understanding Page Border Art Word allows you to place artwork around the border of a page. Here's an overview of the artwork used. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Understanding the Drawing Canvas Need to keep your drawing shapes together in one place? The drawing canvas may be exactly what you are looking for. Microsoft Word versions: 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Unwanted Graph Paper Effect When you open a document or start to use Word, do you see a background that looks like graph paper? It could be because of any number of reasons, as described in this tip. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Using Callouts How to use callouts in a Word document. Microsoft Word versions: 6 | 95 | 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Using the Drawing Grid One of the lesser-known drawing tools provided in Word is the drawing grid. You can easily turn this feature on and use it to help you create drawing objects that are uniformly sized and placed. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Vertical Lines in Word Lines are a common addition to documents. Word provides several different methods by which you can add vertical lines to your document. This tip describes each of these methods so you can pick the one that best matches your needs. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Working With OLE Graphics An explanation of the way Word imports graphics. Microsoft Word versions: 6 | 95 | 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Wrapping Text Aound a Graphic Word includes several different ways you can wrap text around a graphic. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Wrapping Text Around a Graphic Place a graphic in your document, and you may want to make sure that your document text "wraps" around the edges of the graphic. There are several wrapping methods you can instruct Word to use; here’s how to do it. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

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