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putting text on pictures
it's hard to research how to do something when you don't know the right terms... I want to put text on a photo and have it stay with that photo, I've also seen photos on the internet with a name written across it in a kind of water mark effect, the text is transparent but looks like it is raised. A friend told me I can do this in word2003 and then store the photo back in "my pictures" to put on the internet and I don't need to buy additional software. If I can't do it in word can you tell me which digital software would do it? I was looking at microsofts digital softwares but they are not very specific about what you can do with it with text on the box. I have Nikkon but the pictures I add text too are only readable in Nikkon. |
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Hi Wendy, there are a couple of tricks for dealing with graphics and text.
firstly have a couple of enter keys before you insert the picture. then insert your picture via the Insert Picture menu. Right click on your picture and choose format Picture. Change the Layout to 'behind text'. then you can create a text box (insert text box), draw a shape for your text box, type the text and by positioning the cursor on any of the parametres you can move the text all over the photo. To make the text box transparent, right click on the box handles and format text box, colour - no fill and lines - none. If your text gets lost behind the picture, right click on picture and choose Order, Send to back. Once your text box is created, you can change the size of font, colour etc. "Wendy" wrote: it's hard to research how to do something when you don't know the right terms... I want to put text on a photo and have it stay with that photo, I've also seen photos on the internet with a name written across it in a kind of water mark effect, the text is transparent but looks like it is raised. A friend told me I can do this in word2003 and then store the photo back in "my pictures" to put on the internet and I don't need to buy additional software. If I can't do it in word can you tell me which digital software would do it? I was looking at microsofts digital softwares but they are not very specific about what you can do with it with text on the box. I have Nikkon but the pictures I add text too are only readable in Nikkon. |
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Thank you, I'll give it a try.
You said " firstly have a couple of enter keys before you insert the picture", I'm not sure what that means... when you say "Right click on your picture and choose format Picture" do you mean in "my pictures"? or do I need to import the picture into something else first? "Dragons0001" wrote: Hi Wendy, there are a couple of tricks for dealing with graphics and text. firstly have a couple of enter keys before you insert the picture. then insert your picture via the Insert Picture menu. Right click on your picture and choose format Picture. Change the Layout to 'behind text'. then you can create a text box (insert text box), draw a shape for your text box, type the text and by positioning the cursor on any of the parametres you can move the text all over the photo. To make the text box transparent, right click on the box handles and format text box, colour - no fill and lines - none. If your text gets lost behind the picture, right click on picture and choose Order, Send to back. Once your text box is created, you can change the size of font, colour etc. "Wendy" wrote: it's hard to research how to do something when you don't know the right terms... I want to put text on a photo and have it stay with that photo, I've also seen photos on the internet with a name written across it in a kind of water mark effect, the text is transparent but looks like it is raised. A friend told me I can do this in word2003 and then store the photo back in "my pictures" to put on the internet and I don't need to buy additional software. If I can't do it in word can you tell me which digital software would do it? I was looking at microsofts digital softwares but they are not very specific about what you can do with it with text on the box. I have Nikkon but the pictures I add text too are only readable in Nikkon. |
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Right-click on the picture you have inserted in the document.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Wendy" wrote in message ... Thank you, I'll give it a try. You said " firstly have a couple of enter keys before you insert the picture", I'm not sure what that means... when you say "Right click on your picture and choose format Picture" do you mean in "my pictures"? or do I need to import the picture into something else first? "Dragons0001" wrote: Hi Wendy, there are a couple of tricks for dealing with graphics and text. firstly have a couple of enter keys before you insert the picture. then insert your picture via the Insert Picture menu. Right click on your picture and choose format Picture. Change the Layout to 'behind text'. then you can create a text box (insert text box), draw a shape for your text box, type the text and by positioning the cursor on any of the parametres you can move the text all over the photo. To make the text box transparent, right click on the box handles and format text box, colour - no fill and lines - none. If your text gets lost behind the picture, right click on picture and choose Order, Send to back. Once your text box is created, you can change the size of font, colour etc. "Wendy" wrote: it's hard to research how to do something when you don't know the right terms... I want to put text on a photo and have it stay with that photo, I've also seen photos on the internet with a name written across it in a kind of water mark effect, the text is transparent but looks like it is raised. A friend told me I can do this in word2003 and then store the photo back in "my pictures" to put on the internet and I don't need to buy additional software. If I can't do it in word can you tell me which digital software would do it? I was looking at microsofts digital softwares but they are not very specific about what you can do with it with text on the box. I have Nikkon but the pictures I add text too are only readable in Nikkon. |
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Wendy,
By enter keys ... she simply means carriage returns (the old term for 'carriage return' ... just hit the "enter" button a couple of time). It gives you some working room before and after your photo (or image) and makes sure it doesn't interfere with other text in your document. I do the same thing. It just makes life easier if you are doing this type of thing in "Word". Hope that helps. "Wendy" wrote in message ... Thank you, I'll give it a try. You said " firstly have a couple of enter keys before you insert the picture", I'm not sure what that means... when you say "Right click on your picture and choose format Picture" do you mean in "my pictures"? or do I need to import the picture into something else first? "Dragons0001" wrote: Hi Wendy, there are a couple of tricks for dealing with graphics and text. firstly have a couple of enter keys before you insert the picture. then insert your picture via the Insert Picture menu. Right click on your picture and choose format Picture. Change the Layout to 'behind text'. then you can create a text box (insert text box), draw a shape for your text box, type the text and by positioning the cursor on any of the parametres you can move the text all over the photo. To make the text box transparent, right click on the box handles and format text box, colour - no fill and lines - none. If your text gets lost behind the picture, right click on picture and choose Order, Send to back. Once your text box is created, you can change the size of font, colour etc. "Wendy" wrote: it's hard to research how to do something when you don't know the right terms... I want to put text on a photo and have it stay with that photo, I've also seen photos on the internet with a name written across it in a kind of water mark effect, the text is transparent but looks like it is raised. A friend told me I can do this in word2003 and then store the photo back in "my pictures" to put on the internet and I don't need to buy additional software. If I can't do it in word can you tell me which digital software would do it? I was looking at microsofts digital softwares but they are not very specific about what you can do with it with text on the box. I have Nikkon but the pictures I add text too are only readable in Nikkon. |
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"DianaH" escreveu na mensagem ... Wendy, By enter keys ... she simply means carriage returns (the old term for 'carriage return' ... just hit the "enter" button a couple of time). It gives you some working room before and after your photo (or image) and makes sure it doesn't interfere with other text in your document. I do the same thing. It just makes life easier if you are doing this type of thing in "Word". Hope that helps. "Wendy" wrote in message ... Thank you, I'll give it a try. You said " firstly have a couple of enter keys before you insert the picture", I'm not sure what that means... when you say "Right click on your picture and choose format Picture" do you mean in "my pictures"? or do I need to import the picture into something else first? "Dragons0001" wrote: Hi Wendy, there are a couple of tricks for dealing with graphics and text. firstly have a couple of enter keys before you insert the picture. then insert your picture via the Insert Picture menu. Right click on your picture and choose format Picture. Change the Layout to 'behind text'. then you can create a text box (insert text box), draw a shape for your text box, type the text and by positioning the cursor on any of the parametres you can move the text all over the photo. To make the text box transparent, right click on the box handles and format text box, colour - no fill and lines - none. If your text gets lost behind the picture, right click on picture and choose Order, Send to back. Once your text box is created, you can change the size of font, colour etc. "Wendy" wrote: it's hard to research how to do something when you don't know the right terms... I want to put text on a photo and have it stay with that photo, I've also seen photos on the internet with a name written across it in a kind of water mark effect, the text is transparent but looks like it is raised. A friend told me I can do this in word2003 and then store the photo back in "my pictures" to put on the internet and I don't need to buy additional software. If I can't do it in word can you tell me which digital software would do it? I was looking at microsofts digital softwares but they are not very specific about what you can do with it with text on the box. I have Nikkon but the pictures I add text too are only readable in Nikkon. |
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The "text box" tab was grey and inactive, couldn't figure out what to do...
I inserted a picture and found the layout just fine........thanks...now what do I do? I tried the page text box, but of course it isn't "fixed" to the picture.... "Wendy" wrote: Thank you, I'll give it a try. You said " firstly have a couple of enter keys before you insert the picture", I'm not sure what that means... when you say "Right click on your picture and choose format Picture" do you mean in "my pictures"? or do I need to import the picture into something else first? "Dragons0001" wrote: Hi Wendy, there are a couple of tricks for dealing with graphics and text. firstly have a couple of enter keys before you insert the picture. then insert your picture via the Insert Picture menu. Right click on your picture and choose format Picture. Change the Layout to 'behind text'. then you can create a text box (insert text box), draw a shape for your text box, type the text and by positioning the cursor on any of the parametres you can move the text all over the photo. To make the text box transparent, right click on the box handles and format text box, colour - no fill and lines - none. If your text gets lost behind the picture, right click on picture and choose Order, Send to back. Once your text box is created, you can change the size of font, colour etc. "Wendy" wrote: it's hard to research how to do something when you don't know the right terms... I want to put text on a photo and have it stay with that photo, I've also seen photos on the internet with a name written across it in a kind of water mark effect, the text is transparent but looks like it is raised. A friend told me I can do this in word2003 and then store the photo back in "my pictures" to put on the internet and I don't need to buy additional software. If I can't do it in word can you tell me which digital software would do it? I was looking at microsofts digital softwares but they are not very specific about what you can do with it with text on the box. I have Nikkon but the pictures I add text too are only readable in Nikkon. |
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additional question...I was trying the microsoft Digital Imagine...and found
I can't save pictures as a JPEG...so I can't put them up on yahoopictures and so....I can't put them up on my website......which was the entire purpose in wanting to put the text onto the picture...so it would stay with the picture when I move it around on the website and I wouldn't have to keep retyping it ........if I add text to the picture in Word will I be able to save it as a JPEG? Thanks! W "Wendy" wrote: The "text box" tab was grey and inactive, couldn't figure out what to do... I inserted a picture and found the layout just fine........thanks...now what do I do? I tried the page text box, but of course it isn't "fixed" to the picture.... "Wendy" wrote: Thank you, I'll give it a try. You said " firstly have a couple of enter keys before you insert the picture", I'm not sure what that means... when you say "Right click on your picture and choose format Picture" do you mean in "my pictures"? or do I need to import the picture into something else first? "Dragons0001" wrote: Hi Wendy, there are a couple of tricks for dealing with graphics and text. firstly have a couple of enter keys before you insert the picture. then insert your picture via the Insert Picture menu. Right click on your picture and choose format Picture. Change the Layout to 'behind text'. then you can create a text box (insert text box), draw a shape for your text box, type the text and by positioning the cursor on any of the parametres you can move the text all over the photo. To make the text box transparent, right click on the box handles and format text box, colour - no fill and lines - none. If your text gets lost behind the picture, right click on picture and choose Order, Send to back. Once your text box is created, you can change the size of font, colour etc. "Wendy" wrote: it's hard to research how to do something when you don't know the right terms... I want to put text on a photo and have it stay with that photo, I've also seen photos on the internet with a name written across it in a kind of water mark effect, the text is transparent but looks like it is raised. A friend told me I can do this in word2003 and then store the photo back in "my pictures" to put on the internet and I don't need to buy additional software. If I can't do it in word can you tell me which digital software would do it? I was looking at microsofts digital softwares but they are not very specific about what you can do with it with text on the box. I have Nikkon but the pictures I add text too are only readable in Nikkon. |
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No! You need a third party graphics application to do this. SnagIt is the
obvious choice. There is a demo. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Wendy wrote: additional question...I was trying the microsoft Digital Imagine...and found I can't save pictures as a JPEG...so I can't put them up on yahoopictures and so....I can't put them up on my website......which was the entire purpose in wanting to put the text onto the picture...so it would stay with the picture when I move it around on the website and I wouldn't have to keep retyping it .......if I add text to the picture in Word will I be able to save it as a JPEG? Thanks! W "Wendy" wrote: The "text box" tab was grey and inactive, couldn't figure out what to do... I inserted a picture and found the layout just fine........thanks...now what do I do? I tried the page text box, but of course it isn't "fixed" to the picture.... "Wendy" wrote: Thank you, I'll give it a try. You said " firstly have a couple of enter keys before you insert the picture", I'm not sure what that means... when you say "Right click on your picture and choose format Picture" do you mean in "my pictures"? or do I need to import the picture into something else first? "Dragons0001" wrote: Hi Wendy, there are a couple of tricks for dealing with graphics and text. firstly have a couple of enter keys before you insert the picture. then insert your picture via the Insert Picture menu. Right click on your picture and choose format Picture. Change the Layout to 'behind text'. then you can create a text box (insert text box), draw a shape for your text box, type the text and by positioning the cursor on any of the parametres you can move the text all over the photo. To make the text box transparent, right click on the box handles and format text box, colour - no fill and lines - none. If your text gets lost behind the picture, right click on picture and choose Order, Send to back. Once your text box is created, you can change the size of font, colour etc. "Wendy" wrote: it's hard to research how to do something when you don't know the right terms... I want to put text on a photo and have it stay with that photo, I've also seen photos on the internet with a name written across it in a kind of water mark effect, the text is transparent but looks like it is raised. A friend told me I can do this in word2003 and then store the photo back in "my pictures" to put on the internet and I don't need to buy additional software. If I can't do it in word can you tell me which digital software would do it? I was looking at microsofts digital softwares but they are not very specific about what you can do with it with text on the box. I have Nikkon but the pictures I add text too are only readable in Nikkon. |
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