Graphics for word documents

These are the basic types of graphics that you can use to enhance your Word documents: drawing objects, SmartArt, charts, pictures, and clip art. Drawings refer to a drawing object or a group of drawing objects.

Drawing objects include shapes, diagrams, flowcharts, curves, lines, and WordArt. These objects are part of your Word document. You can change and enhance these objects with colors, patterns, borders, and other effects.

Note: It is no longer necessary to insert a drawing canvas to work with drawing objects in Word. However, you may still use a drawing canvas as an organizational aid when working with several drawing objects, or if you want to add connectors between shapes. To insert a drawing canvas, on the Insert tab, click Shapes, and then click New Drawing Canvas.

What do you want to do?

• Add a drawing to a document

• Delete all or part of a drawing

Add a drawing to a document

1. Click in your document where you want to create the drawing.

2. On the Insert tab, in the Illustrations group, click Shapes.

   

3. You can do any of the following on the Format tab, which appears after you insert a drawing shape:

   • Insert a shape. On the Format tab, in the Insert Shapes group, click a shape, and then click somewhere in the document.

   • Change a shape. Click the shape you want to change. On the Format tab, in the Insert Shapes group, click Edit Shape, point to Change Shape, and then choose a different shape.

   • Add text to a shape. Click the shape you where you want text, and then type.

   • Group selected shapes. Select several shapes at a time by pressing CTRL on your keyboard and clicking each shape you want to include in the group. On the Format tab in the Arrange group, click Group so that all of the shapes will be treated like a single object.

   • Draw in the document. On the Format tab, in the Insert Shapes group, expand the shapes options by clicking the arrow. Under Lines click Freeform or Scribble.

     Tip: To stop drawing with the Freeform or Scribble lines, double-click.

   • Adjust the size of the shapes. Select the shape or shapes you want to resize. On the Format tab, in the Size group, click the arrows or type new dimensions in the Height and Width boxes.

   • Apply a style to a shape. In the Shape Styles group, rest your pointer over a style to see what your shape will look like when you apply that style. Click the style to apply it. Or, click Shape Fill or Shape Outline and select the options that you want.

     

     Note: If you want to apply a color and gradient that aren’t available in the Shape Styles group, select the color first, and then apply the gradient.

   • Add flow charts with connectors. Before you create a flow chart, add a drawing canvas by clicking the Insert tab, clicking Shapes in the Illustrations group, and then clicking New Drawing Canvas. On the Format tab, in the Insert Shapes group, click a Flow chart shape. Under Lines, choose a connector line such as the Curved Arrow Connector.

   • Use shadow and three-dimensional (3-D) effects to add interest to the shapes in your drawing. On the Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click Shape Effects, and choose an effect.

   • Align the objects on the canvas. To align the objects, press and hold CTRL while you select the objects that you want to align. On the Format tab, in the Arrange group, click Align to choose from an assortment of alignment commands.

Delete all or part of a drawing

1. Select the drawing object that you want to delete.

2. Press DELETE.

See also

Add shapes

Draw a curve or circle shape

Insert pictures

Crop a picture

Add clip art to your file

What do you want to do?

• Add a drawing to a document

• Delete all or part of a drawing

Add a drawing to a document

1. Click in your document where you want to create the drawing.

2. On the Insert tab, in the Illustrations group, click Shapes.

   

3. When you find the shape you want to insert, double-click to insert it automatically, or click and drag to draw it in your document.

   You can do any of the following on the Format tab, which appears after you insert a drawing shape:

   • Insert a shape. On the Format tab, in the Insert Shapes group, click a shape, and then click somewhere in the document.

   • Change a shape. Click the shape you want to change. On the Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click Change Shape, and then choose a different shape.

   • Add text to a shape. Right-click the shape, click Add Text, and then type.

   • Group selected shapes. Select several shapes at a time by pressing CTRL on your keyboard and clicking each shape you want to include in the group. On the Format tab in the Arrange group, click Group so that all of the shapes will be treated like a single object.

   • Draw in the document. On the Format tab, in the Insert Shapes group, expand the shapes options by clicking the arrow. Under Lines click Freeform or Scribble.

   • Adjust the size of the shapes. Select the shape or shapes you want to resize. On the Format tab, in the Size group, click the arrows or type new dimensions in the Shape Height and Shape Width boxes.

   • Apply a style to a shape. In the Shape Styles group, rest your pointer over a style to see what your shape will look like when you apply that style. Click the style to apply it. Or, click Shape Fill or Shape Outline and select the options that you want.

     

     Note: If you want to apply a color and gradient that aren’t available in the Shape Styles group, select the color first, and then apply the gradient.

   • Add flow charts with connectors. Before you create a flow chart, add a drawing canvas by clicking the Insert tab, clicking Shapes in the Illustrations group, and then clicking New Drawing Canvas. On the Format tab, in the Insert Shapes group, click a Flow chart shape. Under Lines, choose a connector line such as the Curved Arrow Connector.

   • Use shadow and three-dimensional (3-D) effects to add interest to the shapes in your drawing. On the Format tab, choose an option in either the Shadow Effects or the 3-D Effects group.

   • Align the objects on the canvas. To align the objects, press and hold CTRL while you select the objects that you want to align. On the Format tab, in the Arrange group, click Align to choose from an assortment of alignment commands.

Delete all or part of a drawing

1. Select the drawing object that you want to delete.

2. Press DELETE.

See also

Draw a curve or circle shape

Insert pictures

Crop a picture

Add clip art to your file

We’ll talk about how to use graphics in Word 2019 in this chapter. You can make your Microsoft Word documents look nicer by adding different kinds of graphics. This section will show you two ways to add pictures.

What are graphics in Word?

Graphics refers to hardware or software that allows a computer to show and change pictures. The word can also mean the pictures themselves. For example, laser printers and plotters are graphics devices because they let the computer print pictures.

You can add more information and make your spreadsheets, documents, and presentations more interesting by using graphics. In Office 2010, the commands and tools used to add and change images, shapes, SmartArt graphics, and clip art are used in all of the programs in the suite.

What is graphics used for?

Graphics are used for everything from making Web pages look better to be the presentation and user interaction layer for full-fledged Web applications. Graphics can be used in many different ways, so there are many different technologies to choose from.

Images and Multimedia

You don’t have to think of Word as just a program for making and editing text. It has the tools you need to make some pretty cool page layouts. Even though it doesn’t have as many features or be as strong as a professional page layout program like Adobe InDesign. You can still make things look very professional if you know what you have and how to use it.

Online Pictures and Pictures

The same thing is done by both “Pictures” and “Online Pictures.” The only difference is that when you choose “Pictures,” you can insert images from your computer. Still, when you choose “Online Pictures,” you can add images from the internet, such as clip art from Office.com, Bing, or OneDrive.

Drawing Tools

Shapes, diagrams, flowcharts, curves, lines, and WordArt are all drawing tools. These things are part of the Word file you are working on. You can use colors, patterns, borders, and other effects to change and improve these objects.

Picture Tools

If you want to change a picture or anything else in a Word document, you can always click on it, and the right tab will show up on the Ribbon.

“Picture Tools” is the name of the tab for pictures. Here, we can see that you can make changes to the picture as you go. For instance, you can change the brightness, contrast, color, and add a border.

Your choice of where to put text and how to wrap it will also have a big impact on how your documents look.

These controls are shown here. We don’t worry as much about how words wrap or where they go in our documents because Word isn’t the last step before publishing online. But if you’re making something WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get), like for a PDF or print publication, these things will matter.

Also, you can change your pictures inline in a few ways, such as by resizing, rotating, or moving them. In the next picture, you can see these controls, many of which you may already know.

Shapes

You can use the built-in shapes in Microsoft Word 2013 to make callouts, boxes, stars, and other shapes.

When you click the shape, all you have to do is draw it on a blank spot on the page. You can change it as much as you want once it’s in your document, so it doesn’t matter if it’s perfect or just the way you want it.

At the bottom of the “Shapes” menu, there is an option to make a “new drawing canvas.” This will open a box for shapes that works like a text box. You can use these shapes to make drawings on this drawing canvas. This lets you make things like diagrams and flowcharts.

SmartArt and WordArt

SmartArt and WordArt are similar in some ways, especially if you use WordArt to make something and then change the text. You can use one or the other, but not both. However, we’ll discuss them in the same section because one often leads to the other.

Think of SmartArt as pre-made drawing canvases that you can add to your document and then change as you like. Just pick a way to put things together, like a list, a process, or a cycle.

As you can see, we used a “Continuous Block Process” to make a picture. We can change what is in the text boxes when we click them. There are also the usual grab handles for resizing the image and “Layout Options” that let you wrap text however you like.

Format Text Effects

Let’s look at this more closely because it has a pretty big number of features. We’ll talk about the basics so you know more about them. The “Format Text Effects” pane slides out from the right side of the screen.

It can be detached, just like any other pane in Word 2013. You can then move it out of the way to save screen space or keep it close, so it is easy to use.

This dialog box will make it easy to work quickly with text, so you won’t have to keep going to the ribbon to make changes. Note that the “Text Fill and Outline” and “Text Effects” buttons are separated in the dialog box. “Text Fill and Outline” is easy to understand and is used to improve the way text looks.

Chart

Charts are fun for everyone. Charts are a great way to show data sets visually, and Word 2013 comes with a huge variety of charts to choose from, such as columns, pie, bars, and many more. Take a look at the screenshot to see how many choices you have:

It’s easy to change and format charts. When you click on a chart in your document, you’ll see “Chart Tools,” which, as you might have guessed, is the Ribbon tab for charts only.

Text Box

In Word, text boxes are like little islands. When you add a “Text Box” to a document, it can’t be changed no matter what you do to the rest of the document. It’s like putting a document inside another document.

This is helpful if you want to show something “as is” in your work but still be able to change the formatting of the document as a whole. Something you’ve pasted will stay the same.

Text boxes are usually painful for editors because they don’t work well with styles. You may find them very useful, which is fine, but if you want something that fits the style and format of your document but still goes in a box or has a border around it, we suggest just adding a border.

Drop Cap

Drop caps just mean that the first letter of a chapter or book is bigger than the rest:

You can set your drop cap to “Dropped” or “In Margin.” If you choose “Dropped,” the text below will move under it. Check out the “Drop Cap” options to have more control over how your drop caps work.

How to add Picture in Document

How to Add WordArt in Document

With WordArt, you can add fancy words to a Word document. There are many ways to back up your text. Follow these steps to put WordArt into your document.

• Step 1 − Click in your document where you want to add WordArt.
• Step 2 − Click the Insert tab and then click the WordArt option available in the Text group; this will display a gallery of WordArt.
• Step 3 − You can click on any of the WordArt styles shown in the gallery to choose it. Now you can change the text you’ve added to fit your needs, and you can use the different options to make it look even better. To try it, just double-click the WordArt you’ve added, and Word will give you many options for how to format your image on the Format tab. Shape Styles and WordArt Styles are the options that are used most often.

You can change the shape styles, colors, WordArt Styles, etc. of the inserted WordArt to try out different options.

Summary

In the end, we’ve learned how to use graphics in Word and what those terms mean. We also know that there are available graphics that can be used, which we can use in our document to make it look more professional and presentable.

Meanwhile, if you want to learn more about working on tables, see the previous tutorial on how to resize tables and how to merge and split table in Microsoft Word. You can browse those guides if you are having a hard time working with your tables in a document

We hope this tutorial helps you as you format your documents in MS Word.

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The term “clip art” refers to simple drawings made for computer users for both digital and printed materials. They’re usually fun and whimsical.

Microsoft Word has a feature that makes adding Office clip art to your project easier than ever. As you’ll see in this article, you don’t have to leave Word to find and insert clip art into your Word document. That’s because Word has a built-in online browser you can use to find clip art for your material.

But your best bet is to use premium clipart in Word from Envato Elements. Elements offers thousands of stylish clipart packs for download now. Use them to learn how to insert clipart in Word and wow every reader!

How to Find Clip Art on Microsoft Word

Now, let’s learn how to insert clipart in Word. The first option here is to use Word’s built-in library of clipart. You can do this right inside the app!

To get started finding clip art, first click on the Insert tab. Then, in the Illustrations group, click on the Pictures drop-down arrow. From the list of options, choose Online Pictures.

In the center of your Word screen, you’ll see the Online Pictures menu launch. In the search bar, type a keyword or phrase related to the image you want to use. Press Enter.

When you hit Enter, you’ll see images for your search term appear. Now, you’ll have a few options.

By default, the Creative Commons only filter is checked. This means the images’ creator has given permission for others to use, share, and build on their work. It’s always best to leave this option checked. Otherwise, you may find yourself using clipart and images that you’re not allowed to use in your work. 

You can click on the filter icon to filter the results based on other dimensions:

• Size. Small, medium, large, or extra large
• Type. Photograph, clipart, line drawing, or transparent
• Layout. Square, wide, or tall
• Colors. Color only, black and white.

Click on Clipart and whatever other filters you want to use. This displays only clip art in the results, leaving out other types of images.

The image results will be filtered according to these settings. Scroll down the results to find a clip art for your document. If you’re not happy with the results, try using different keywords and filters.

How to Insert Clip Art

When you find the clip art you want to add to your document, click on it to select it. 

To find out more about the image, click on the ellipsis on the lower-right corner of the image. This displays the image size and link to its source. 

If you want to add the clipart to your Word document, click on its thumbnail. This will select the clipart in Word design. Then, find the Insert button in the lower right corner of the Online Pictures menu. Click it, and you’ll see the clipart appear in your Word doc.

You could also insert several clip art images all at the same time. To do so, scroll throughout the image results and click on all the images you wish to insert. Then, press Insert. Watch as every clipart image you selected appears on your page. 

That’s it! You’ve learned how to insert clipart in Word easily. But you’re not done! Now, it’s time to learn how to use clip art with Word’s editing designs. This lets you make each piece of clipart your own, seamlessly merging it with your documents.  

How to Edit Clip Art

With the clip art added to your Word document, you can now manipulate and edit it as you would any other image in Word.

For example, you can resize and rearrange clip art in Word. To begin, select the clip art, then click and drag one corner to resize the image. Then, you can click and drag on the center of the image to move it around the page.

Additionally, you can make many other changes and customizations to your favorite clipart in Word designs. Be sure your clipart is selected, then come up to the Picture Format tab, found on Word’s ribbon. Click on it.

Here, you have many choices. In the Adjust group, you can apply corrections and new colors to change up the look and feel of your clipart. In the Picture Styles group, you can add frames, borders, and more. For example, you can make your clip art black and white by opening the Color drop-down and choosing Grayscale from the Recolor group.

Use the other buttons on the Picture Format tab to achieve the look and effect you desire.

For example, click Wrap Text > Square to have the text run around the clip art. Or select other text wrap options to achieve the layout you’ve got in mind. 

This controls how text interacts with your clipart, and how they fit together. It’s a key part of the design process, helping you ensure your documents always look their very best.

How to Insert Icons, the Modern Clip Art

There’s another kind of drawing you can add to your Word document. What are these? Icons! They’re super simple and have become popular both online and in printed form. 

Icons are all over the screens of computers and mobile devices. In fact, many people have developed a kind of icon vocabulary. Most people know, for example, that the floppy disk icon means “save.” This includes folks who’ve never seen a floppy disk in their lives!

To insert an icon, place the cursor where you want the icon to be. Click the Insert tab, then click Icons.

The Stock Images menu opens, on the Icons tab. Use the search field to look for a specific icon. When you find the one you want to use, click on it to select it. Then, click Insert. The selected icon is added to the document.

From here you can treat the icon like any image in Word and change its size, orientation, position, text wrapping, and other settings.

For example, to change the color of the icon, select it, then click the Graphics Format tab. Click Graphics Fill, then select the color you wish to use from the drop-down.

Click on the thumbnail of the new color, and you’ll see Word apply it to the icon that you have selected.  

How to Find More Clip Art Online

Want a wider selection of clip art images and icons to add to your Word project? You can look at external sources. And the best option here is Envato Elements. 

Elements is the top source for professionally made Microsoft clip art, graphics, and icons. Plus, you’ll enjoy countless Microsoft Word templates! The offer is powerful.

For a flat monthly rate, you can download and use as many of these templates and assets as you want. It’s a tremendous creative value, and one that you can’t afford to miss in 2023 and beyond.

 Elements also provides fonts, photos, stock video, video footage, music, and more. All these categories are included in the unlimited downloads offer. Join Elements today and start downloading! 

How to Find Premium Graphics from Elements for More Professional Results

To find and use clip art from Elements, first log into your account. At the top of the homepage, you’ll see the search box. You can use this to find clip art of your own.

Begin by clicking on the drop-down arrow beside All Items. From the list of displayed options, choose Graphics. Next, type a keyword or phrase in the search bar. Click the search icon.

You’ll see an array of clipart designs appear. We’ll use the Truck Driver Sitting In Construction Truck clipart design to demonstrate. Click on the thumbnail of the file that you wish you use.

This opens the page for that graphic or graphic pack. This page gives you a preview of the images, as well as more information about the file, such as what formats and image sizes are included. Click the Download button to download the file. 

The Add this file to a project dialog box opens. Check the appropriate box to add the file to an existing project. Then click Add & Download.

The file is downloaded into your computer. If it’s a zip file, double-click on the file name to unzip it.

Then, go back to your Word document, and place the cursor where you want to insert the clip art. Click on the Insert tab. Next, click Pictures > This Device. Find your clipart page, select it by clicking, and then choose Insert. 

Word will add clipart that you’ve selected. From here, you can move and style it like any other image — just like we did above! 

As you can see, it’s a great idea to use clipart in Word from Envato Elements. With thousands of expertly crafted designs to choose from, you’re sure to find the perfect design for your next project. Get started today!

6 Bestselling Clip Art Images From Envato Elements

Clip art images have come a long way since they were first used in desktop publishing in the 1980s. 

The following bestselling clip art graphics in Elements show you the wide range of options you’ve got at your fingertips. They’re proof that clip art can look anywhere from whimsical to technical to cartoonish, and everything between.

1. Maternity Clip Art

As the name suggests, this pack includes clip art of images related to pregnancy, maternity, nursery, and mom and baby. All clip art images are in PNG format, which means they’ve got a transparent background. This makes it easy for you to add them to a collage, design, or layout.

2. Christmas Clip Arts

Whoever thinks clip art can’t be elegant should check out this collection. Although they maintain the hand-drawn charm that clip art images are known for, these Christmas-themed clip art graphics are tasteful and graceful at the same time. The collection includes 14 clip art images in both EPS and PNG formats.

3. Flower Set Clip Art

This clip art set is perfect for any flower-related project. It delivers plenty of value: a total of 47 flower clip art images, available in both EPS and PNG file formats. The clip art images are 6 inches x 6 inches, so you can use them even in large, printed projects.

4. Warehouse Clip Art

The boxy, technical look of these images are perfect for warehouse, manufacturing, and industry-related projects. The clip art graphics come in EPS and AI formats. This means you can edit them if you’re so inclined.

5. Outer Space Vector Clip Art

It’s no wonder this pack of outer space-themed clip art images is a bestseller. The graphics are just plain fun! The set has 25 cute clip art images, including a green alien and a monkey in a space suit. The graphics come in a variety of formats, including EPS, PNG, and SVG.

6. Watercolor Clip Art Abstract

These could be one of the most unusual clip art images you’ve ever seen. While most clip art is hand-drawn, this set of flower clip art is hand painted in watercolor, making for a very pretty effect. A total of 18 individual images are included in PNG format. Each flower is 5 inches x 5 inches in size.

Learn More About Microsoft Word

A clip art or icon you add to your Word document behaves like any image. That’s why it pays to learn more about how to work with images and pictures in Word. The following posts can help:

Tips for Using Clip Art in Word

Now that you know how to find, insert, and format clip art images in Word, you might be tempted to go crazy with them. As with other creative elements in a material, clip art can be misused or abused, making your document look amateurish and unprofessional. Careless use of other people’s clip art can even get you into trouble.

To avoid these issues, consider the following tips for using clip art in Word:

1. Check on Permission to Use the Image

As mentioned above, clip art that are publicly available come with different licenses. Even among clip art with the Creative Commons license, different rights and obligations may be assigned.  

And so, look at the license of the clip art you want to use and ensure that you comply with it. For example, some clip art with Creative Commons license may not be free for commercial use.

Clip art, icons, and other graphics you download on Envato Elements come with broad commercial rights. This means you can use them for both personal and commercial projects. With that said, there are certain things you’re not allowed to do. This page has more details.

2. Choose Clip Art That Matches the Tone and Visual Style of Your Brand

In general, clip art tends to be casual. Some may even consider them childish. So, clip art tends to go better on projects that are informal in tone and visual style. Icons, on the other hand, tend to be acceptable even in more formal, academic, and corporate materials.

You can only decide on a case-by-case basis, because there are many different kinds of clip art. You may find some that work for more formal projects, especially if you get premium clip art from Elements.

3. Use Clip Art Only When It Adds Meaning to Your Document

To avoid the misuse of clip art, use it only when it makes your document more meaningful. It’s probably a good idea to add clip art to your project if they:

• act like visual shortcuts or metaphors, either replacing or enriching the text
• make the text easier to understand or navigate
• reinforce the personality or style of your brand 

A common mistake is to add clip art for its own sake. In this case, clip art only clutters up your project. It doesn’t add value and it can even annoy or turn off your reader.

Download Some Fun Clip Art for Your Microsoft Word Document Today

Clip art continues to be a fun way to make your projects more lively, interesting, and effective. These simple graphics are easy for most users to understand. A type of clip art, the icon, has in fact become ubiquitous in digital materials and screens. 

You can also find top-quality clip art, icons, and other graphics at Elements. Elements is the perfect choice for you, if you create many Word documents. You’ll enjoy unlimited downloads of icons, graphics, and Word templates for a flat rate.

Now, it’s time to embrace the idea of clipart! Find your favorite designs and start adding them today. You’ll be crafting stunning and unique Word documents in moments. 

Editorial Note: This tutorial was originally published July of 2020. It’s been completely reviewed for accuracy and relevancy and a video has been added by Andrew Childress.

Documents wouldn’t be complete if you couldn’t add images and graphics. You can even add graphs that you’ve created in Microsoft Excel to Word documents, because any Microsoft product works well with the developer’s other products. Whether it’s graphs or pictures, you can copy and paste them to your documents but usually you’ll need to format them to work with other text in the document.

Adding Pictures to a Document

Word supports insert images from either the Internet or your local computer. If you’re able to copy an image, you can paste it to your document. You can use your own images stored on your computer, or you can copy an image from the Internet and use it in your document. Before you copy an image from the Internet, ensure that the owner offers free use without attribution or payment. Some image owners require payment before you can use them either on your site or in private documents.

To copy an image from the Internet, open your browser and go to the web page that contains the image that you want to copy. Right click the image and select «Copy» (the wording in the context menu is slightly different across browsers). When you copy an image from a web page, it gets copied to your clipboard, which runs in the background of your computer and isn’t visible from the desktop.

Go back to your document and click the section of the document where you want to paste the image. Right click the document and select «Paste.» The image is pasted to your document, but it still must be formatted for your text. We’ll discuss formatting a picture after explaining how to insert an image from Microsoft Word’s long list of freely usable clipart available from Microsoft Office software.

(Illustration controls menu)

Notice from the list of options that you can add pictures located online or locally, but you can also add shapes, icons, models charts and even screenshots. Word has several options for image insertion into your documents. Inserting the different types of images and shapes is the similar for each control.

First, let’s take a look at the «Picture» option. A window opens asking you to select an image. Double click the image and it displays in your document. What if you need ideas for an image or don’t have one of your own? You can use Microsoft’s online search for images located in the cloud.

Click the «Online Pictures» button. This time, a window opens with an online search prompt.

(Online picture search)

Word’s online picture search is powered by Bing, so you might notice some images should you also perform a Bing search. Notice how the images are categorized. You can click one of these categories to view a list of available images related to the category. For instance, click the «Apple» category.

(Apple category image search)

When you click the «Apple» category, several images display. Clipart, photography and even the Apple technology company’s logo is displayed. Microsoft’s online image search gives you a large sample of possible images that you can use, but you aren’t limited to just category searches.

At the top of the image search, you see a «Search Bing» input text box. Type any phrase into this text box and press «Enter.» Word searches Bing to find images related to your search and displays them.

Double click an image that you want to include in your document, and Microsoft transfers it from the online search window to your document. In this example, an apple image is added to the document.

(Apple image added to document)

Notice that the image has a border around it with an arrow at the top and an icon in the upper-right corner. These prompts are significant as they provide ways to configure the way the image looks in your document.

The borders around the image with circles located on each line lets you resize the image. Using the corner circles, you can resize the image on all sizes to avoid skewing the way the image looks in the document.

The arrow at the top lets you rotate it. You can rotate it to the left or right. Click the arrow and then move your cursor in the direction that you want to set the rotation. After you rotate the image, release your hold on the mouse and it will display in your document.

The most important part of formatting an image is setting text to flow around it. Word has several options for this style. You can get to it by clicking the «Layout Options» icon in the upper-right corner of the image. A menu opens that displays the text formatting and wrapping of content around the image.

(Layout text options)

The default layout is highlighted in the image above. It’s «Inline with text» sets an image to work similarly like text on the page. The text that you place in the document does not wrap around the image but rather treats it like text albeit large text within the paragraph. This default is enough for an image placed within text without the need for text wrapping, but you have other options that can be seen in the menu.

The way text wraps around an image can be seen in the icons in the Layout Options menu. You can even have text flow over or under an image. Hover your mouse over each option and review the text that displays in the popup. The text that displays indicates the way text will align with the image. For instance, select «Tight» and text will wrap and flow around the image without creating a carriage return and line feed within the document. This option will show text similarly to when you view a web page with an image that has text flow around it without creating any page breaks.

Inserting Shapes

Microsoft Word has a number of shapes that you can add to your documents. These shapes are beneficial for workflows and charts that require simple shapes. Click the «Shapes» menu option and a list of shapes that can be included in your documents is displayed.

(List of shapes available in Word)

Any of these shapes can be added to your Word document by clicking the menu item. After you click the menu item, your cursor changes to prompt you to draw the same. For instance, click the rectangular icon in the «Recently Used Shapes» section. The cursor changes to a cross icon prompting you to draw the rectangle. Go to your document and draw the rectangle on your document and it’s drawn once you release the cursor.

(Inserted shape)

Notice that the inserted shape also has points along each line and at the corners. These points are where you can resize and reshape the rectangle. Each shape that you add to your document can be resized by clicking these points and dragging the mouse to make the shape larger or smaller. The anchor is used to lock the object to the document and text surrounding it. In the image above, no text is surrounding the shape, but should you have text around it, you can use the anchor to determine the way text is formatted around the shape.

View the other options in the Illustrations category and you can insert these additional images and shapes. For instance, the «Icons» button will open a window similar to the «Online Pictures» button where you can search and view icon images to insert into your document. The other options in this menu list work similarly. You just need to determine what type of image that you want to add to your file.

Use these menu items to insert any images that you want to add to your documentation. You can use either Word images included with your installation or ones that you store on your local hard drive.

Crop a Picture

When you crop a picture, you cut away the outer edge of the picture to create a new version.

Let’s crop the picture below.

Click on the image to select it. You will see a bounding box around the image.

Right click on the image, and you’ll see the Crop option in the menu. We’ve highlighted it below.

Click Crop.

You’ll now see crop marks around the image – at all four corners and on each side. These are the black marks. Click and drag your mouse on any of these marks. Click and drag inward on the image until you have cropped away the area you want to get rid of in the image.

The area you’re cropping away is shaded in gray.

Click outside of the image and gray area to remove the cropped area.

NOTE:  You can also click on the Insert tab after you’ve selected the image, and go to Crop>Crop.

Color

You can easily adjust the color of any image you place in your documents. 

To do this, double click on the image. 

You’ll then see the Picture Tools Format Tab.

Click the Color button.

Choose the color effect you want to apply to your image.

Color Correction

You can also adjust and modify the colors in your image through color correction. Once again, go to the Picture Tools Format tab by double clicking your image.

Click the Corrections button.

Choose a color correction.

Artistic Effects

Just as you can use Photoshop and other photo editing software programs to add effects to your images, you can also use Word for this. 

Double click your picture to bring up the Format tab, then click the Artistic Effects button.

Choose the artistic effect that you want to apply to your image.

Removing Backgrounds from Images

Although Microsoft Word is a word processing program, it also offers some photo editing tools, as we’ve already seen in this lesson.   Perhaps one of the most useful photo editing tools found in Word is the background removal tool.   This tool allows you to remove backgrounds from your images.

We are going to remove the background from our image:

To use this tool, double click on the image for which you want to remove the background. Click on the Remove Background button in the Adjust group under the Picture Tools Format tab.

When you click the Remove Background button, you will see the Background Removal tab appear on the Ribbon.   Your image’s background – and possibly your image – will also change colors. Don’t worry. This is temporary.

The areas that appear in purple are the areas that Word has determined are background areas that it needs to remove.   If there is purple on any areas of your image that you want to keep, you can drag the handles of the bounding box that appears over the image.   Drag the handles outward to keep more of the image.

In the snapshot above, you can see that the stem of the flower and part of a petal appear purple.   If we leave them purple, they will be removed from the image.    We can drag the hands of the bounding box to fix this, as pictured below.

After you adjust the bounding box, if there are still areas of your image that are purple that are not supposed to be purple, go to the Background Removal tab in the Ribbon. Remember, any areas that are purple are considered background areas by Word.  

Click the Mark Areas to Keep button.

Your cursor will turn into a pencil. 

Simply click on an area that you want to keep.

As shown in the snapshot above, a plus sign appears where you clicked.   If you look at our previous snapshot, you can see this area used to be purple, but by clicking on it, it’s restored to its original color.

We can now click on all areas we want to keep.

You can also mark areas of your image for removal.   It’s quite possible that Word will not detect all background areas, so those areas will not appear purple.   To mark areas you want the tool to remove, go to the Ribbon and click Mark Areas to Remove.

Click on the areas to remove just as you clicked on the areas you wanted to keep. However, this time, those areas will turn purple.

When you’re finished, click the Keep Changes button in the Ribbon.

Word can also wrap paragraphs around a picture, charts and graphs as in the example below.

To wrap text around a picture or art object, double click on the image. The Format tab will appear in the Ribbon. Go to the Arrange group.

In the Arrange group, click Position to view the dropdown menu.

In the dropdown menu, you will see thumbnail-sized illustrations of documents with images in them. The location of the image in the illustration shows you where your image will be placed in relation to your text.

To wrap text around an image, click the Wrap Text button to wrap the text around an image.  When you click the button, the following dropdown menu will appear:

• Square means your image sits on the same plane as the text. The text flows around the image in a square pattern.

• Tight text flows around the image, hugging its shape. If you insert a circular shape, the text will take a circular pattern around the text.

• Through means that the text will flow around the image as best as possible. 

• Top and Bottom means text will appear on top of the image and at the bottom.

• Behind Text means the image is behind the text. The image looks like it is part of the paper.

• In Front of Text means the image is on top of your text. It’s the same as if you printed a document and dropped a photograph on top of it.

You can lock an image to text so that if you move the text, the image moves also. To do this, click the Text Wrapping button, choose More Layout Options. Under the Position tab select Move Object with Text. 

NOTE: You can also wrap text around an image as soon as you insert it into your document without having to go to the Ribbon. Look at the text wrap icon in the snapshot below. Clicking on it reveals the Layout Options menu.

WordArt

WordArt is a very popular feature in Word. To use WordArt, go to the Text group under the Insert tab. 

The WordArt button looks like this:

When you click the downward arrow, you’ll see the WordArt menu:

Select the way you want your text to look and click on it.

You can now format WordArt the same way you did shapes and images.

Insert Video

You can insert videos into your documents just as easily as you can insert images. To insert a video, go to the Insert tab and click the Online Video button in the Media group.

You can insert videos by searching for them on Bing, from a video embed code that you find on video webpages such as YouTube, and even from YouTube itself.

Let’s search for a video of a cat on Bing.

Type «cat» into the Bing Video Search field.  

You will then see the search results appear.

Click on a thumbnail of a video to select it, then click the Insert button.

The video is inserted into your document.

You can then rotate, resize, and position the video just as you would an image.

Formatting ClipArt and Pictures Using the Picture Tools and Format Ribbon

Whenever a picture is inserted or selected, the Format tab will automatically appear as a tab in the Ribbon. It provides you with a few of the most commonly used features available in image editing software like Photoshop. You can change the contrast, add artistic effects, remove backgrounds, or crop them. To view the Format tab, select a picture by double clicking on it.

In the center of this ribbon, you’ll see styles you can add to pictures. You can add frames, drop shadows, reflections, etc.

You can also add your own formatting to your images. Remember, a style is just a chunk of formatting heaped together.

To add formatting to your picture, you can click the Picture Border, Picture Effects, or Picture Layout, as shown below. These are located in the Styles group under the Format tab.

When you add a picture border, you can choose the color of the border, the weight (or thickness) of the line, and even the type of line (dashed, etc.).

If you remember, earlier in this course you learned how to add text effects such as shadows and reflections. You can also add these to your pictures by clicking on Picture Effects.

If you choose Picture Layout, you can format your picture with a caption or more information. 

Here are the choices when you click Picture Layout:

Choose the layout you want to use. We chose:

Word also provides a box where we can enter the caption:

NOTE: You can also right click on an image and select Add Caption. The method above gives your image additional formatting.

Using the Screenshot Tool

The screenshot feature was new with Word 2010. It gives you the ability take a screenshot and have it appear instantly in your documents. To use this feature, position the cursor in the place you want the screenshot to appear. Select the Insert tab and click the Screenshot button. It looks like this:

Be aware though, that this feature is somewhat limited, allowing you to only take screenshots of active windows. Windows that have been minimized to the taskbar will not be available. When we click the Screenshot button, we’ll see a list of the windows that are available, as in the following example.

Selecting an available window will take a screenshot of the entire thing and insert it into your document. You can then use the Format ribbon to crop the screenshot or change other attributes.

If you do not want to take a screenshot of the entire window, you can select the Screen Clipping command at the bottom of the window.

When you select the Screen Clipping command, the entire window will be opaque. Click the left mouse button and drag the pointer over the area you want to capture. This selected area will become clear. Release the mouse to capture the screenshot, and it will automatically appear in your document.

Using SmartArt and SmartArt Tools

According to Microsoft, SmartArt is a quick and convenient way to create a visual representation of the information in your document. That’s a mouthful, isn’t it? What they really mean is it’s a quick and convenient way to create flow charts. The following is an example of an available SmartArt template.

The SmartArt button is located on the Illustrations section of the Insert tab.  It looks like this:

Click it and a dialogue box opens. It gives you a different categories of SmartArt to choose froom. There are lists, processes, cycles, hierarchys, etc.

If you have access to Word, take a moment to explore the different SmartArt graphics available in each section. Seeing them all for yourself will give you the best exposure to all of the possibilities. You can even click «Office.com» and find SmartArt graphics that were created by other Office users.

When you’ve found a SmartArt graphic that you like, select it and click OK.

When the graphic opens in your document, or when it is selected, a pane opens up beside it. You can either click the areas marked [Text] in the graphic or in the pane. Click on these, then type your text. In some templates, you can also insert pictures.

Inserting Charts

To insert a chart, navigate to the Insert tab and click the Chart button. It looks like this:

The Insert Chart dialogue will open.

The chart types are arranged along the left side of the window.

Select the chart you want to use, then click OK.

If Microsoft Excel is installed on your computer, it will also open with your chart. You can input data into Excel which will then be conveyed by your chart.

Chart Types

Word brings with it some new chart types to help you better illustrate data that you include in your documents.

These chart types include:

• Treemap. A treemap chart displays hierarchically structured data. The data appears as rectangles that contain other rectangles. A set of rectangles on the save level in the hierarchy equal a column or an expression. Individual rectangles on the same level equal a category in a column. For example, a rectangle that represents a state may contain other rectangles that represent cities in that state.
• Waterfall. As explained by Microsoft, «Waterfall charts are ideal for showing how you have arrived at a net value, by breaking down the cumulative effect of positive and negative contributions. This is very helpful for many different scenarios, from visualizing financial statements to navigating data about population, births and deaths».
• Pareto. A Pareto chart contains both bars and a line graph. Individual values are represented by bars. The cumulative total is represented by the line.
• Histogram. A histogram chart displays numerical data in bins. The bins are represented by bars. It’s used for continuous data.
• Box and Whisker. A Box and Whisker chart, as explained by Microsoft, is «A box and whisker chart shows distribution of data into quartiles, highlighting the mean and outliers. The boxes may have lines extending vertically called ‘whiskers’. These lines indicate variability outside the upper and lower quartiles, and any point outside those lines or whiskers is considered an outlier.»
• Sunburst. A sunburst chart is a pie chart that shows relational datasets. The inner rings of the chart relate to the outer rings.   It’s a hierarchal chart with the inner rings at the top of the hierarchy.

Using the Chart Tools

Whenever you insert a new chart into your document, the Chart Design and Chart Format tabs will open, as pictured below.

This is the Chart Design tab. By default, it’s the tab you’ll see. 

You can also click on the chart Format tab, to the right of the Chart Design tab.

Let’s take a look at the chart tools available on the Design tab.

Just like in the text ribbon, you have a choice of Chart Quick Styles. You can apply them just like you would with text, paragraphs, and pictures.

Use the Chart Layouts group on the Ribbon to add chart elements or change the layout.

Now look at the Type and Data Sections. The data section lets us select an existing data set, or edit one.

With these, we can change the chart type, switch rows to columns or vice versa, select, and edit data. Say, for example, that after we entered our data, we realized that maybe a pie chart wasn’t the right way to convey it. We’ve decided instead to use a graph chart. To do so, we’d click the Change Chart Type button and select a new chart.

Now let’s take a look at the Format tab for charts:

Use the Current Selection group to change the formatting of the current selection.

Use the Insert Shapes group to add and insert shapes. Use the Shape Styles section to change the style of your shapes. You can also change WordArt styles that appear in your chart.

The Arrange group lets you arrange your data and images, including text wrap and position. 

The Size group allows you to adjust the size of your chart (in inches).

5,204 Microsoft Word Graphics and Graphic Design Elements

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We all know art objects make the end product look attractive, comprehensive. Microsoft Word graphics are varied with figures, images, pictures, charts, and tables to develop the winning item. There are job recruitment industry templates that are editable in Microsoft Word. In general, it’s offered resumes, covered, business, reference letters, CVS, and other useful docs. Because of the professionals working on creating high-quality items, with the help of it, you can get hired for your dream job, impress your boss. They have not one purpose but other directions, functions.

The fact that the formers are beautiful and elegant helps to reconsider the information more structured. A familiar situation when you are doing your best to save time, energy? Our service won’t make you do this, because we’ve already thought it over and made up fast, comfortable facilities. Is it worth it to read to the end of the article? Yes, because you will get precise information, mindful understanding. After reading to the end, you’ll realize how relevant, profitable our offer is.

Great Features of Microsoft Word Graphics

An integral part of a template is the features it contains. You might be confused about the amount of them, but we guarantee that all of these you’ll get in one purchase. In addition, artworks are editable in Microsoft Word, so it’s one more added benefit.

Take a look at the main multi-role characteristics:

1. Editable and customized. If you don’t like design, you are in charge of changing it under yourself and enjoying free use. We surely care about our customers’ tastes and preferences.
2. A4 paper size. The most common, recognizable.
3. Print-ready. We understand that you are in a rush to job meetings, so it’s the reason we’ve made the function where you are free to print documents without blinking an eye. Everything is simple, even for kids or retired people.
4. Fully layered. As it was mentioned, simplicity takes a big place in the working process. A layered template contains design cues to help during the usage. To cut a long story short, sketches.
5. Modern design. We don’t follow fast-coming trends because we’re sure simple, plain, pastel designs will always be in high demand among clients. In this way, we differ from others.
6. Free fonts. Affordable tools come in handy and become an essential part of future page making.
7. Help guide. There is a file helping you to figure out issues you are dealing with or maybe to ensure you are doing everything right. Don’t worry; you will have help from us.
8. Spot color design. Sharp and bright colors are a sign of qualitative, conscientious, professional work from our side.
9. Bleeds, guides are also included.
10. Resizable components. As well as changing colors and elements’ places, you can change sizes as you desire. We give you the freedom to select whatever you want from our offered possibilities.

As you see, there are plenty of advantages to exploiting illustration templates. Don’t forget they are fully editable in the Microsoft Word program to add cool stuff and make it one-of-a-kind. These are made to satisfy your wishes, and don’t worry; you will meet expectations. The next question is who might get interested in MS Word graphics. Let’s have a look.

Who May Need Microsoft Word Graphics for Work

It is for a job or schoolwork purposes. To land your dream job, you need a formulated application. Patterns, with graphics, will lead you to the end and assure a successful future working process in the company you hoped to. Firms use MS Word to manage correspondence. For instance, you can use a program to create an email; merge functions can fill the mock-up email with pertinent contact details. It may be used to create business documents, company reports, budgets, plans. It can help you build a library of key forms like receipts, accounts.

Design features are easy to use, allowing you to use data visualization tools to add charts, graphs, and tables to your documents. Its SmartArt function uses craft items to transfer information. Promotional and marketing materials such as brochures, flyers, newsletters are full of colorful graphics and exploited in MS Word. It handles letterhead, allowing to format and create it. It can be helpful for small businesses that are doing their best to pay for services, consumables. You can use styles, themes to decide how all your documents will look for branding aims, ensuring harmonization in colors, fonts, and effects.

For everyday routines such as doing a daily journal or calendar, graphs come in handy. Teachers are target users as well. To provide students with a great repository of information, they need to assemble it and give it cool visuals. They will wake up wanting to learn in this way. Methodists help teachers, coaches with problems, emergency tasks to handle. In turn, pupils are supposed to do homework, presentations, take notes, coursework to get a good mark and learn a little for themselves. Marketologs and business owners like to build tables related to finances and other necessary things to their minds. As you can see, art elements are multipurpose and are used in different spheres of life.

Microsoft Word Graphics Video

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Microsoft Word Graphics Q&A

What is Microsoft Word graphics?

Microsoft Word is soft designed for text manipulations. Graphic elements are inherent components of a program. They are varied, fulfilling texts. Actions to do are: change shapes, colors, add pictures, audios, videos, play with sizes, add shades, borders, shadows. They are used in different fields by different people.

How can I use Microsoft Word graphics?

Here is a step-by-step instruction:

1. Click on a doc where you want to see a future picture.
2. Click the “Insert” and then on the “Picture” option available in the Illustrations group. As a result, the “Insert Picture” dialog box will appear.
3. You can select the desired image using the dialog box.

Well done!

What is SmartArt in Microsoft Word graphics?

SmartArt is a type of image that often can be shown in PowerPoint. It allows you to communicate information with graphics instead of dull text. There is a huge range of styles you can choose from to use to illustrate many ideas.

Where can I find SmartArt in Microsoft Word graphics?

You have a plan to follow. On the «Insert» menu, select «SmartArt graphics.» On the tab in «Insert SmartArt graphic group,» you will see and choose the type of computer graphics you want. Then decide the layout you want and enter text.

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