1. Lesson 17
Working with Graphics
Computer Literacy
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2. Objectives
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Format columns, borders, and shading.
Insert clip art and pictures.
Resize, crop, and position graphics.
Modify graphic colors and apply styles and
effects to clip art and pictures.
Remove the background from a picture and
adjust the contrast and brightness.
Use drawing tools to create your own graphics.
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3. Objectives (continued)
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Use built-in, predesigned, and formatted layouts
to create your own graphics.
Capture a picture of the application screen.
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4. Vocabulary
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banner
clip art
crop
desktop publishing
drawing canvas
drawing objects
graphics
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manual column
break
outcrop
resizing
section
section break
shape
sizing handles
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5. Vocabulary (continued)
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SmartArt
textbox
WordArt
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6. Formatting Columns, Borders, and
Shading
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Desktop publishing is the process of creating a
document using a computer to lay out text and
graphics.
Formatting Text in Columns
A section is an area within a document that can have
its own separate page formats.
A section break controls the section formatting of the
text that precedes it.
A banner is a headline that spreads the full width of
the page.
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7. Formatting Columns, Borders, and
Shading (continued)
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Formatting Text in
Columns (continued)
Word provides several
multicolumn formats,
and you can modify
these formats to meet
your needs.
A manual column break
adjusts where a column
ends.
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8. Formatting Columns, Borders, and
Shading (continued)
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Adding Borders and Shading
Word offers many options for applying borders
above, below, and around paragraphs of text.
You can also enhance the document content by
adding shading behind text.
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9. Inserting and Formatting Graphics
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Graphics are nontext items such as digital photos,
scanned images, and pictures.
Inserting Clip Art and Pictures
Clip art is a graphic that is ready to insert into a
document.
Clip art is available in the Office Collections folder as
well as online at Office.com.
You can also insert graphics stored in other folders.
This is called inserting a picture from a file.
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10. Inserting and Formatting Graphics
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Resizing and Cropping a Graphic
To work with a graphic, you must select it.
You will know it is selected when you see sizing
handles: eight small circles and squares on the
border of the graphic.
Resizing stretches or shrinks the dimensions of a
graphic.
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11. Inserting and Formatting Graphics
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Resizing and Cropping a Graphic (continued)
When you crop a graphic, you cut off portions of the
graphic that you do not want to show.
When you outcrop a graphic, you add extra white
space around the image.
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12. Inserting and Formatting Graphics
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Positioning a Graphic
When you insert a graphic, Word positions it in the
line of text.
You can format the text in the document to wrap
around the graphic by applying a text-wrapping
format to the graphic.
You can then drag and drop the graphic anywhere
within the printable area of the page.
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13. Inserting and Formatting Graphics
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Adjusting Colors and Applying Styles and
Effects
You can customize clip art or a photograph by
changing its colors.
To further enhance the appearance of the image,
you can apply border styles and other special
formats, such as shadows, soft edges, 3-D
effects, and artistic effects.
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14. Inserting and Formatting Graphics
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Removing Backgrounds from Pictures
When working with illustrations and photographs
that have a solid color background, you can hide
the background color by making the color
transparent using the Set Transparent Color
feature.
When you apply the Remove Background feature,
Word automatically suggests the elements to be
removed from the image.
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15. Creating Your Own Graphics
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Creating WordArt Objects
WordArt is a feature that transforms text into a
graphic.
The WordArt graphic is created in a text box,
a drawing object that displays text.
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16. Creating Your Own Graphics
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Inserting Lines, Shapes, and
Text Boxes
You can use drawing objects,
which are shapes, curves, and
lines, to create your own
graphic.
A shape is a predesigned
drawing object, such as a star,
an arrow, or a rectangle.
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17. Creating Your Own Graphics
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Creating SmartArt Graphics
SmartArt graphics are built-in, predesigned, and
formatted layouts that you can use to illustrate
concepts and ideas.
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18. Creating Your Own Graphics
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Creating SmartArt Graphics (continued)
A SmartArt graphic is inserted in the document in
a drawing canvas that provides a framelike
boundary between the graphic and the rest of
the document.
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19. Creating Your Own Graphics
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Creating a Screenshot
You can use the Screenshot feature to capture a
picture of all or part of the application window.
Only windows that have not been minimized in
the taskbar can be captured.
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20. Lesson 17
Summary
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In this lesson, you learned:
 Text can be arranged in a variety of multicolumn
formats, all within the same document.
 Borders and shading are effective tools for
enhancing the appearance and effectiveness of
a document. You can choose from a variety of
options for line styles, colors, and shading
effects.
 Clip art and pictures help to enhance the
appearance and effectiveness of a document.
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21. Summary (continued)
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You can resize and crop graphics, and you can
choose from several options to position the
graphic in the document.
You can further enhance graphics by changing the
colors, applying special effects, removing
backgrounds, and adjusting the contrast and
brightness.
To add emphasis to your document, you can use
the WordArt feature to make text decorative.
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22. Summary (continued)
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You can create your own graphics using
drawing tools, shapes, and text boxes.
SmartArt graphics are useful in illustrating
concepts and ideas.
The screenshot feature enables you to capture
a picture of all or part of the application widow.
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