- [Instructor] In this video,
we'll see how to add pictures to a document
and then format those pictures.
Now, first we need to click
to place our cursor in the document
where we want the picture to go.
Then we'll go to the insert ribbon, and click pictures.
And there are few options here.
The Stock Images library
gives you a collection of pictures you can use,
but for now I want to use my own pictures.
So if you're using Windows,
you can click where it says this device.
On a Mac, the option will be picture from file.
But it works the same.
You'll click on that.
Then navigate to the folder where you have your pictures,
then select your picture, click insert.
And now I have that picture here in my document,
But remember our basic order of working in Word.
First, we insert or add something to a document,
and then we format it.
And the most basic change you may want to make to a picture
is the size.
So first, I want you to see, when the picture is selected,
you have this box around it with these anchor points.
If you click away from the picture, it's not selected.
When we click on the picture, it is selected.
To resize it, you can just grab one of those anchor points
and it's easiest if you grab one on one of the corners,
then you can drag to resize that picture.
Also on the top edge, sticking out of the top,
there's this curved arrow,
and you can drag that left or right to rotate the picture.
Next, and this is really important
when working with pictures and similar objects.
When an object like a picture is selected,
there will be a special ribbon available
in your ribbons up here at the top.
And it's dedicated to the formatting of that object.
With that ribbon selected,
there are lots of adjustments
that you can apply to your picture.
So you could make some corrections to your picture.
You can make some color adjustments.
Add some artistic effects.
Over here on the right, you could crop the picture
or apply specific dimensions to it.
Then there are some borders you can add to the picture
or special effects.
And then there are even styles,
just like styles you might apply to text.
And that's a quick way to add a nice look to your picture.
For now, I'll click the undo button
in the quick access toolbar to undo that.
But I think the most important thing we should do here
is set how the picture moves in relation to the text.
Now we see these options here for wrap text and position.
And by the way, if your window is set to small like this,
you might not see those options.
In that case, you can click where it says arrange,
which opens up a menu, and then you do get those options.
But of course it's better if you just enlarge the window
so you can see those.
So let's go straight to the wrap text option.
And you can see that my picture is currently set
to be in line with text.
When it's set like that,
your picture will behave pretty much like a text character.
So if I want to move the picture, I can.
Let's actually do it.
I'll place my mouse cursor on the picture.
I can drag it around, but you see,
it's not moving very smoothly.
I really just have this text cursor
so I could drop it wherever I want.
And when I drop it, the picture will be there,
even if it's in the middle of a word,
and that may not be what you want.
So instead, in that formatting ribbon,
I'm going to go back to that wrap text menu.
And instead of in-line with texts,
let's choose one of these wrapping options.
I'm going to choose square wrapping.
So now when I move the picture, it moves much more smoothly.
And you can see that the text wraps on all four sides.
Now you might want to experiment
with some of the options in this menu.
The top and bottom option is interesting.
With that set, the text will wrap,
but only above or below the picture.
Also in that same menu,
you can choose whether the picture will move with the text
as you add more text,
or if it will stay locked where you place it on the page.
Now at first, you might assume that it's always best
to wrap text around your picture,
but I don't think that's always true.
Sometimes, it is cleaner
if the picture is locked in line with the text.
So, I want this picture to always be under this line here
with the black shading.
So what I'm going to do is, with the picture selected,
I'll go to that formatting ribbon
and I'm going to set it back to be in line with text.
Then I'm going to drag it
and place it at the beginning of this line.
And in this case,
I do need to place my cursor at the beginning of this line
and hit the return key just to add a new paragraph space
to push that down.
And then, I think it's going to look a little bit better
if I enlarge this picture.
But now that it's set to in line with text,
I could even use my paragraph formatting options.
So I could center it on the page like this.
And now the picture will stay directly under this line
with the black shading
even if I add more text above that line.
And there is a nice shortcut
that's only there for Windows users.
When the picture is selected,
this button will appear near the top right corner.
And you can adjust those position and wrapping options
without even going into the ribbon.
Sorry, Mac users.
You do have to go to the ribbon for those controls.
So take some time to experiment.
And if you have the exercise files,
you can use the pictures included there.
And if you want to see where I place the pictures,
just take a look at version 12 of the newsletter document.
I have most of the pictures roughly placed
where they need to be for the rest of this course.