On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 19:36:06 -0700, Mel
wrote:

I am trying to make an 8 x 10 copy of an old picture and the background is
too dark what do I do?

This isn't really an appropriate question for a Microsoft Word
newsgroup. Indeed, Word isn't an appropriate tool for what you want to
do.

My suggestion would be to open the picture file in a graphics editor,
outside of Word, particularly one that offers an adjustable "gamma
correction". A popular program is the free IrfanView
(www.irfanview.com), in which the gamma correction is in the Image
Enhance Colors dialog. The gamma correction adjusts both the contrast
and the brightness at the same time, and is easier to use than trying
to adjust them separately.

Adjust the picture in the graphics editor, save the file, and only
then import it into Word -- or just print it from the graphics editor.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org