Microsoft Office Word 2007 Illustrated Complete Exploring Advanced Graphics
Objectives Understand illustrations in Word Modify a picture Edit charts Create SmartArt Edit clip art 2
Objectives Use layering options Align, distribute, and rotate graphics Insert a watermark and a page border 3
Understanding Illustrations in Word Illustration types and contextual tabs 4
Modifying a Picture Use the tools on the Picture Tools Format tab to modify a picture in hundreds of different ways You can Apply a preset picture style Further modify the style by Cropping it Changing the shape of the picture Modifying the picture border Apply picture effects 5
Modifying a Picture Cropping a picture Before After 6
Editing Charts Can modify charts with tools contained on three Chart Tools contextual tabs Design tab Modify the appearance and content of the chart itself Layout tab Modify the appearance of the various chart components Format tab Modify the appearance of the drawing canvas that contains the chart 7
Editing Charts Adding new chart data A third bar is added to each data series New data for 2008 8
Editing Charts Completed bar and 3-D pie charts Pie chart Bar chart 9
Creating SmartArt You can create seven types of SmartArt graphics Once you have selected a type, you select a layout and then type text in each of the SmartArt shapes or in the text pane You can further modify a SmartArt graphic by changing fill colors, shape styles, and layouts 10
Creating SmartArt Names and positions for organization chart 11
Creating SmartArt Completed SmartArt graphics Hierarchy SmartArt Pyramid SmartArt 12
Editing Clip Art A clip art picture from the Clip Organizer is made up of a number of separate objects All of the objects are grouped together when you insert the clip art picture Ungroup a clip art to edit its individual objects The drawing canvas is an area upon which you can draw multiple shapes and insert clip art 13
Editing Clip Art Selecting all objects in the picture Blue handles appear around each selected object in the picture 14
Editing Clip Art Two methods to convert a clip art picture into a drawing object: Right-click a clip art picture and select Edit Picture from the menu Change the clip art picture from an inline graphic to a floating graphic 15
Using Layering Options The Order command on the Draw menu includes commands to layer objects relative to each other Layering options include: Bring to Front Bring Forward Bring in Front of Text Send to Back Send Backward Send Behind Text 16
Using Layering Options Bridge object appears in front of the bear 17
Aligning, Distributing, and Rotating Graphics The Align and Distribute option on the Draw menu includes commands you can use to change the relative positioning of two or more objects The Alignment commands align objects relative to each other: left, right, center The Distribute commands distributes the same amount of space between objects The Rotate command allows you to rotate an object on its axis 18
Aligning, Distributing, and Rotating Graphics Stars aligned, distributed, and positioned 19
Inserting a Watermark and a Page Border A watermark is a picture or other type of graphic object that appears lightly shaded behind text in a document A page border encloses one or more pages of a document 20
Inserting a Watermark and a Page Border Watermark Page border 21
Inserting a Watermark and a Page Border Printing a page border If a page border doesn't print correctly, open the Borders and Shading dialog box, click Options on the Page Border tab, then increase the point size of the margins 22
Summary Modifying a Picture Use the tools on the Picture tools Format tab Pictures can be modified in hundreds of ways Editing Charts Three Chart Tools contextual tabs Design Layout Format 23
Summary Creating SmartArt Create seven types of SmartArt graphics Select type of graphic, then select a layout and type text in each of the SmartArt shapes Further modify a SmartArt graphic by changing Fill colors Shape styles Layouts 24
Summary Editing Clip Art A clip art picture is made up of a number of separate objects All objects are grouped together when you insert the clip art picture Ungroup the clip art picture to edit its individual objects Convert clip art pictures Right-click and select Edit Picture Change from an inline graphic to a floating graphic 25
Summary Aligning, Distributing, and Rotating Graphics Alignment commands align objects relative to each other Distribute commands distribute the same amount of space between objects Rotate command allows you to rotate an object on its axis 26
Summary Inserting a Watermark and a Page Border Watermark A picture or graphic object that appears lightly shaded behind text Page border Encloses one or more pages of a document 27