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Inserting a Picture File
You can insert a graphic image into an Office document from an existing graphic file. Before inserting a graphic image, you can preview it to verify that it is the one you want.
A picture can float over the text, or it can be inline (that is, positioned at the insertion point in the text). If a picture floats over the text, it appears on the line above the insertion point when inserted. You can, however, move the picture as desired and the surrounding text will wrap around it. If you insert the picture inline, you can drag and drop the graphic at the desired document location.
The Picture toolbar appears as soon as you select a picture in the document and closes when you deselect the picture. If you close the Picture toolbar while a picture is selected, it does not automatically appear again when you select the same or another picture. You can display the Picture toolbar by right-clicking any toolbar and selecting the Picture command.
Inserting a Picture File
link to document
Read through the steps:. If you would like to complete these steps in an actual Office file, please click on the link and move between the Office file and Web windows until you are satisfied you have mastered the skill. (If a dialog box appears while you are trying to open the exercise, click Open It.)
Practice the Skill
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Right-click this image
and
select Save Image (or Picture) as from the popup menu that
appears. Save the file in the My Documents folder in the C-drive
of your computer.
The image Bike is saved to your computer. -
Open LTRGRPH1.DOC by clicking the link above.
Switch to Print Layout view.
Click the Drawing button
on
the Standard toolbar to display the Drawing toolbar. -
Scroll down to view the Body Lean Exercise Bike paragraph
on the second page.
-
Position the insertion point at the beginning of the Body Lean
Exercise Bike paragraph.
The insertion point appears in the new location. -
Click the Insert menu.
The Insert menu appears. -
Point to the Picture command.
The Picture submenu appears. -
Select the From File command.
The Insert Picture dialog box opens. -
Select the Look in list by clicking the dropdown
arrow
.
A list of available drives appears. -
Select the drive containing the desired graphic file (your C-drive).
A list of available folders appears. -
Select the folder containing the desired graphic file (My
Documents).
A list of available files appears. -
Select the name of the graphic file (Bike) you want to
insert.
The graphic file is selected. -
Click the arrow on the Views button
.
A menu of view commands appears. -
Select the Preview command.
A preview of the picture appears. -
Select Insert.
The Insert Picture dialog box closes and the picture appears in the document on the line above the insertion point.
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