Graphics

Adding Picture
To add a picture:

• Click the Insert Tab
• Click the Picture Button
• Browse to the picture from your files
• Click the name of the picture
• Click insert
• To move the graphic, click it and drag it to where you want it

Adding Clip Art
To add Clip Art:

• Click the Insert Tab
• Click the Clip Art Button
• Search for the clip art using the search Clip Art dialog box
• Click the clip art
• To move the graphic, click it and drag it to where you want it

Editing Pictures and Clip Art
When you add a graphic to the presentation, an additional Tab appears on the Ribbon.  The Format Tab allows you to format the pictures and graphics.  This tab has four groups:

Adjust:  Controls the picture brightness, contrast, and colors
Picture Style:  Allows you to place a frame or border around the picture and add effects
Arrange:  Controls the alignment and rotation of the picture
Size:  Cropping and size of graphic

Adding a Shape
To add Shapes:

• Click the Insert Tab
• Click the Shapes Button
• Click the shape you choose

• Click the Slide
• Drag the cursor to expand the Shape

To format the shapes:

• Click the Shape
• Click the Format tab

Adding SmartArt
SmartArt is a feature in Office 2007 that allows you to choose from a variety of graphics, including flow charts, lists, cycles, and processes.  To add SmartArt:

• Click the Insert Tab
• Click the SmartArt Button
• Click the SmartArt you choose

• Click the SmartArt
• Drag it to the desired location in the slide

To format the SmartArt:

• Click the SmartArt
• Click either the Design or the Format tab
• Click the SmartArt to add text and pictures.

Adding a Photo Album
The photo album feature is new in PowerPoint 2007 and allows you to easily create a photo album to share pictures. To create a photo album:

• Click the Photo Album button on the Insert tab
• Click New Photo Album
• Click File/Disk to add pictures to the photo album
• Move the pictures up and down in the order of the album but clicking the up/down arrows

Graphics

Adding a Picture
To add a picture:

• Click the Insert tab
• Click the Picture button
• Browse to the picture from your files
• Click the name of the picture
• Click Insert
• To move the graphic, click it and drag it to where you want it

Adding Clip Art
To add Clip Art:

• Click the Insert tab
• Click the Clip Art button
• Search for the clip art using the search Clip Art dialog box
• Click the clip art
• To move the graphic, click it and drag it to where you want it

Editing Pictures and Clip Art
When you add a graphic to the worksheet, an additional tab appears on the Ribbon.  The Format tab allows you to format the pictures and graphics.  This tab has four groups:

Adjust:  Controls the picture brightness, contrast, and colors
Picture Style:  Allows you to place a frame or border around the picture and add effects
Arrange:  Controls the alignment and rotation of the picture
Size:  Cropping and size of graphic

Adding Shapes
To add Shape:

• Click the Insert tab
• Click the Shapes button
• Click the shape you choose

• Click the Worksheet
• Drag the cursor to expand the Shape

To format the shapes:

• Click the Shape
• Click the Format tab

Adding SmartArt
SmartArt is a feature in Office 2007 that allows you to choose from a variety of graphics, including flow charts, lists, cycles, and processes.  To add SmartArt:

• Click the Insert tab
• Click the SmartArt button
• Click the SmartArt you choose

• Select the Smart Art
• Drag it to the desired location in the worksheet

To format the SmartArt:

• Select the SmartArt
• Click either the Design or the Format tab
• Click the SmartArt to add text and pictures.

Graphics

Word 2007 allows you to insert special characters, symbols, pictures, illustrations, and watermarks.

Symbols and Special Characters
Special characters are punctuation, spacing, or typographical characters that are not generally available on the standard keyboard. To insert symbols and special characters:

• Place your cursor in the document where you want the symbol
• Click the Insert Tab on the Ribbon
• Click the Symbol button on the Symbols Group
• Choose the appropriate symbol.

Equations
Word 2007 also allows you to insert mathematical equations.  To access the mathematical equations tool:

• Place your cursor in the document where you want the symbol
• Click the Insert Tab on the Ribbon
• Click the Equation Button on the Symbols Group
• Choose the appropriate equation and structure or click Insert New Equation

• To edit the equation click the equation and the Design Tab will be available in the Ribbon

Illustrations, Pictures, and SmartArt
Word 2007 allows you to insert illustrations and pictures into a document.  To insert illustrations:

• Place your cursor in the document where you want the illustration/picture
• Click the Insert Tab on the Ribbon
• Click the Clip Art Button
• The dialog box will open on the screen and you can search for clip art.
• Choose the illustration you wish to include

To insert a picture:

• Place your cursor in the document where you want the illustration/picture
• Click the Insert Tab on the Ribbon
• Click the Picture Button
• Browse to the picture you wish to include
• Click the Picture
• Click Insert

Smart Art is a collection of graphics you can utilize to organize information within your document.  It includes timelines, processes, or workflow. To insert SmartArt

• Place your cursor in the document where you want the illustration/picture
• Click the Insert Tab on the Ribbon
• Click the SmartArt button
• Click the SmartArt you wish to include in your document
• Click the arrow on the left side of the graphic to insert text or type the text in the graphic.

Resize Graphics
All graphics can be resized by clicking the image and clicking one corner of the image and dragging the cursor to the size you want the picture.

Watermarks
A watermark is a translucent image that appears behind the primary text in a document.  To insert a watermark:

• Click the Page Layout Tab in the Ribbon
• Click the Watermark Button in the Page Background Group
• Click the Watermark you want for the document or click Custom Watermark and create your own watermark
• To remove a watermark, follow the steps above, but click Remove Watermark