Computer Literacy Skills
Week 7: March 18, 2009
1)Adding Images to Microsoft Word Documents: Part 2
Placing images in Word is easy - getting the layout to look good and the text to flow properly isn't so straightforward.
Here are the sample files.
Sample Images:
back.jpg
bamboo.jpg
The images are the wrong size, so you need to open them in photoshop and resize them to 1500px on the long side.
You also need to format the text: make the title larger than the body of the text, make the headings stand out, and make the body text 11point.
Insert the images into the document as you did last week. (see below)
Save the completed file with the usual 'Lastname-firstname-TCM.doc'.
Email it to me by end of day Friday.
With the SampleText file, go to Insert > Picture > from File, and choose the image you want. The image will drop into place, but here is where what you have learned about image size comes into play. A large image file will come in too big. When you click on the image, roll over the corner and a handle will appear. You can click and drag the image smaller. Dragging by the corner means you won't change the proportions. Nothing looks uglier than an improperly squashed image. As usual, don't drag it bigger, or it will look pixellated.
Clicking on the image should also bring up the "Format Image" dialog box. Click on the dialog box or go to Format > Format Picture. Click the "Layout" tab, and you'll see options for how the text flows around the picture, and how to align the image on the page. Experiment a bit and see what you like. You can also click on the picture and drag it up and down on the page to adjust how the lines of text balance on the page. Don't leave a single line before or after the image. Make sure there are at least two or three lines so the text doesn't look unbalanced.
Look carefully at the options in the "Format Picture" dialog box.