5.3 Basic Skill

more detail: Microsoft Word 2013

5.3.2 Selecting Graphical usage like Clipart, AutoShape, WordArt

Clip Art

• Images are a great way to liven up a document, and Word offers a few methods to insert them. There are built-in clip art images for just about every topic, so you may be able to find a perfect clip art image for your document. If you have a more specific image in mind, you can insert a picture from a file.

• In this lesson, you will learn how to search for and insert clip art, how to insert an image from a file, and how to change the text wrapping settings for your images.

To locate clip art:

1. Select the Insert

2. Click the Clip Art command in the Illustrations

3. The clip art options appear in the task pane to the right of the document.

4. Enter keywords in the Search for field that are related to the image you want to insert.

5. Click the drop-down arrow in the Results should be:

6. Deselect any types of media you do not want to see.

7. If you also want to search for clip art on Office.com, place a check mark next to Include Office.com content. Otherwise, it will just search for clip art on your computer.

8. Click Go.

To insert clip art:

1. Review the results from a clip art search.

2. Place your insertion point in the document where you want to insert the clip art.

3. Click an image in the Clip Art It will appear in the document.

4. You can also click the drop-down arrow next to the image in the Clip Art pane to view more options.

AutoShape

• Right-click any toolbar.

• Click drawing.

• Click auto shapes in the drawing toolbar.

• Point to basic shapes and click Rectangle.

• Click and drag in your document where you want to position the rectangle.

• Click the fill color button’s drop-down arrow in the Drawing toolbar.

• Click fill effect and then click the picture tab.

• Click the select picture button.

• Navigate to the picture and click insert. Click OK.

• With the shape still selected, right-click the shape and select Add Text.

• Type the text you want at the prompt.

• Select and right-click the text.

• Click Font

• Choose the desired font, font size, color, etc. from the font dialog box and the click OK.

Comment

1. Select the text or item that you want to comment on, or click at the end of the text.

2. On the Review tab, in the Comments group, choose New Comment.

In Word 2013 or Word 2010, on the review tab, in the tracking group, in the Show Markup list, choose comments and make sure a check mark (right) in a box appears next to the option.

Choose comments again to clear the check mark and hide comment.