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Graphics in Word
I have lost the ability to manipulate graphics in Word. I can insert a
graphic (e.g., picture, logo, etc.) but cannot resize it, move it, crop it, or in any way change it. I click on the appropriate tools to do this but nothing happens. I used to be able to manipulate graphics in Word. I don't know what has happened and how to correct this issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! PS--If you have the answer to this question, I would appreciate step-by-step instructions in layman's terms to correct this as I am a layman user and may not understand technical information. PPS--This is not an issue with text wrapping with graphics in Word. Thanks again... |
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Graphics in Word
Help courtesy of Bob Buckland
There are a couple of variations, some dependent on where the clipart in the organizer came from See if this works. 1. In Word 2007 select Insert=Clipart 2. Search for 'pie' (all collections all media types) 3. Select a WMF file and insert it in the drawing (I usedj0233497.wmf among others) 4. Right click the inserted graphic and set Text Wrapping to Inline with text (you can change it later, but this should allow step 5 to be active). 5. Right click on the inserted graphic and choose Edit Picture, this basically puts a drawing canvas around the graphic (resizing of the graphic before this step or before ungrouping can make things a bit easier g. 6. Right click again and select grouping. If ungroup is greyed out but 'regroup' is live then the 'pieces' may have already separated in Step 4, although the handles on the individual pieces may not be visible until you click on a segment. If you select a segment and get the grey circled corner handles on the segment right click and ungroup should blow things apart into the rest of the parts, as in prior versions If you use Insert=Clipart and add the graphic there is, on the ribbon, a grouping icon on the 'Page Layout Tab' for grouping multiple objects (so it's greyed out) and when you insert the clipart the Ribbon's Picture Tools=Format tab the 'grouping' choice in 'Arrange' will be greyed out until you right click=Edit on the WMF and then the Ribbon changes from 'Picture tools' to 'Drawing tools' and you can use the Shape Styles, Shadow effects, Fill, etc from Drawing Tools=Format on individual segments. You can also use Insert=Shape=New Drawing Canvas first and then insert the WMF file in the canvas from the ClipArt pane. In PowerPoint, since each slide is in effect a drawing canvas, if you right click after inserting and right click=Grouping=Ungroup the 'convert to drawing object' step will let you ungroup items. -- Mary Sauer MSFT MVP http://office.microsoft.com/ http://msauer.mvps.org/ news://msnews.microsoft.com "D" wrote in message ... I have lost the ability to manipulate graphics in Word. I can insert a graphic (e.g., picture, logo, etc.) but cannot resize it, move it, crop it, or in any way change it. I click on the appropriate tools to do this but nothing happens. I used to be able to manipulate graphics in Word. I don't know what has happened and how to correct this issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! PS--If you have the answer to this question, I would appreciate step-by-step instructions in layman's terms to correct this as I am a layman user and may not understand technical information. PPS--This is not an issue with text wrapping with graphics in Word. Thanks again... |
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