Inserting Picture, WordArt, Shapes, Symbols in MS Word:

INSERTING PICTURES:

Microsoft Word has a feature to insert a picture in a document, to make document more attractive and presentable.

Inserting Pictures:

We can insert a picture from our computer or internet. To insert a picture in a document firstly place the cursor at the point where you want to insert a picture then follow the given steps:

Step 1 Click on the Insert tab.

Step 2 Click on the Pictures option to insert picture from your computer in the Illustrations group under Insert tab. The Insert Picture dialog box will be appears.

Step 3 Search the picture that you want to insert and Select the picture and click on the Insert button.

The selected picture will be added to the document. After adding picture you can drag the picture to the desired position in the document.

           

Formatting Pictures:

After adding a picture in the document, you will see that a new tab-the Format tab will be added to the Ribbon under the Picture Tools.

This tab provides many options for applying different styles and effects on the picture to make it more attractive. 

Applying artistic effects:

We can apply various effects to a picture to make it more attractive, Click on the picture and follow the given steps:

Step 1 Click on the Effects button in the Adjust group. A gallery of various artistic effects will be display.

Step 2 Click on the desired artistic effect. You can also move your mouse pointer on any effect to see its effect on the picture before you select it.

Applying picture styles:

You can improve the appearance quality of a picture by adding many styles in a picture. To apply styles, choose the picture and select the desired style in the Picture Styles group.

Applying picture effects:

MS Word provides various effects such as glow, reflection, soft edges etc that can be applied to a picture to improve its visual appearance quality. To apply picture effects, select the picture and follow the given steps:

Step 1 Click on the Picture Effects button in the Picture Styles group under Format tab.

Step 2 Select the category of effect and then click the picture effect that you want to apply. You can also move your mouse pointer on any effect to see its effect on the picture before you select the effect you want to apply.

INSERTING WORDART:

WordArt is a good feature that makes text in different styles in a document. WordArt gallery includes many designs that can be used to make attractive looking document.

Inserting WordArt:

Follow the given steps to insert WordArt:

Step 1 Click on the Insert tab.

Step 2 Click on the WordArt option in the Text group under Insert tab.

Step 3 Select a WordArt style. A box with the sample text ‘Your text here’ will be appearing in the document. In this box you can type any text that you want.

Formatting WordArt Text:

The Format tab will be appearing when you click on the inserted WordArt. The Format tab has many options for making changes to the WordArt. You can use the Shape Fill, Shape Outline and Shape Effects etc to make the text more attractive.

INSERTING SHAPES:

You can insert many shapes in Word such as lines, rectangles and arrows through the Insert tab. This feature of Word is very useful as it can improve the presentation of a document by including diagrams.

Inserting Shapes:

Follow the given steps to insert a shape:

Step 1 Click on the Insert tab.

Step 2 Click on the down arrow next to the Shapes option in the Illustrations group under Insert tab.

Step 3 Select the shape that you want to insert.

Step 4 Move the mouse pointer where you want to draw the shape. Click where you want to draw and drag the mouse to draw the shape.

By default colour is blue of fill colour shape. We can change the fill colour; outline colour, etc. of the shape using the options that are available under the Format tab.

Formatting Shapes:

The Format tab under drawing tools appears when we click on the inserted shape. The different options of format tab are:

1. The Shape Styles option allows you apply preset fill colours and outline colours to the selected shape. To appear the Shape Styles gallery, click on the more button.

2. The Shape Fill option lets you fill the selected shape with a colour, gradient, picture or texture etc.

3. The shape outline option allows you to specify the colour, thickness and line style for the outline of the selected shape.

4. The Shadow Effects option allows you to apply shadow effects to the selected shapes.

5. The 3-D Effects option allows you to give a 3-D effect to the selected shape.

Adding text inside a shape:

We can write text inside an inserted shape by right-clicking on it and choosing the Add Text option from the drop-down list. Type required text in the shape.

INSERTING SYMBOLS:

Follow the given steps to insert symbols in your document.      

Step 1 Firstly place the cursor at the position where you want to insert a symbol.

Step 2 Click on the Insert tab.

Step 3 Click on the Symbol option under Insert tab.

Step 4 Select a symbol that you want to insert from the drop-down list.

More Symbol Options:

If the symbol you want to insert is not in the drop-down list then you can look for more symbols option by opening the Symbol dialog box.                               

Step 1 Click on the More Symbols option under Symbols group. The Symbol dialog box will be appearing.

Step 2 Select an appropriate font.

Step 3 Choose the desired symbol and click on Insert option. Symbol will be inserted.

        
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