WordTips: Working with Graphics (Table of Contents)

WordTips: Working with Graphics includes 259 information-packed pages. The following is the Table of Contents:

Introduction

• A Note on Terms
• What's Your Version?
• Need More Tips?
• A Special Note of Thanks
• Sharing this Document

Graphics Basics

• Inserting a Picture in Your Document
• Selecting a Graphic
• Not Selecting Images when Selecting Text
• Positioning Graphics Evenly
• Placing Many Graphics in a Document
• Nudging a Graphic
• Rotate a Graphic Using the Keyboard
• Selecting Lots of Graphics
• Moving Images Behind Text
• Selecting a Graphic that is Behind Text
• Hiding Graphics
• Understanding Grayscale Images
• Best Quality for High Resolution Graphics
• Problems Pasting Large Pictures
• Displaying Thumbnails and Full-Size Images
• Default Picture Settings
• Turning on Picture Placeholders
• Can't Select and Edit Graphics Elements
• A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words
• Capturing a Screen
• Making Pasted Images the Same Size as the Original
• Pasting Pictures and Text into a Document
• Disappearing Graphics Groups
• Faster Picture Displaying
• Making Pictures Show in Word
• Default Picture Location
• Understanding WordArt
• Creating a Drop Cap
• Using Two Characters as a Drop Cap

Formatting and Styling Graphics

• Changing the Size of a Graphic
• Resize Graphics Outside of Word
• Cropping Graphics
• Changing Text Orientation
• Adjusting Shadow Settings
• Adding an Artistic Effect
• Correcting a Picture
• Removing a Picture's Background
• Adding a Style to a Picture
• Adding a Shape to a Picture
• Securing Your Signature
• Graphics Marked as Changed when Comparing Documents

Linked Graphics

• Understanding Graphic Linking
• Easily Changing Links in Documents
• Changing Many Link Locations
• Deleting Freezes Computer
• Unlinking an Excel Chart Automatically
• Linking to Slides in PowerPoint
• Images in Documents Shared with Others

Extracting Graphics

• Getting Pictures Out of Word
• Extracting Pictures from a Document
• Saving Embedded Images to Individual Files
• The Manual Approach
• The HTML Approach
• The Direct Approach
• Extracting INCLUDEPICTURE File Names

Simple Shapes

• Creating a Drawing Object
• Moving Drawing Objects
• Duplicating Drawing Objects
• Rotating a Drawing Object
• Flipping a Drawing Object
• Changing the Size of a Drawing Object
• Changing a Shape
• Drawing Lines
• Drawing a Curve
• Grouping Drawing Objects
• Filling A Drawing Object
• Understanding Fill Effects
• Sending Drawing Objects to the Back or Front
• Adding Circles around Letters or Numbers

Strictly Text Boxes

• Inserting a Text Box
• Removing the Box from a Text Box
• No-border Text Boxes by Default
• Creating See-Through Text Boxes
• Rounded Corners for a Text Box
• Boxes in Boxes
• Resizing a Text Box
• Changing Orientation of a Text Box
• Automatically Adjusting Height for Text Boxes
• Finding Text Boxes
• Finding an Invisible Text Box
• Finding and Replacing Text Boxes
• Find and Replace in Text Boxes
• Changing Defaults for Text Boxes and Callouts
• Making Resize to Fit Text the Default
• Columns in a Text Box
• Wrapping Text around a Graphic in a Text Box
• Turning Off Overlapping, by Default
• Linking Text Boxes
• Selecting Text in Linked Text Boxes
• Deleting All Text in Linked Text Boxes
• Selecting a Graphic Behind a Text Box
• Spell Checking with Text Boxes
• Technique for Adding a Text Box to an Envelope
• Adding a Drop Shadow to a Text Box
• Placeholders for Stamps
• Creating Tent Cards
• Adding an Inverted A
• Rotating Fractions in a Text Box
• Updating a Field in a Text Box
• Generating a TOC that Includes Text Boxes
• Including Text Box Text in Word Counts
• Counting Characters in Text Boxes
• Removing Text Boxes but Saving the Text
• Getting Rid of a Text Box, but Not the Text
• Extracting Text Box Contents
• Removing All Text Boxes In a Document
• The Changing Relationship of WordArt and Text Boxes

SmartArt

• Understanding SmartArt
• Creating an Organization Chart
• Can't Edit Org Charts in Word
• Using the SmartArt Text Pane
• Controlling Display of the SmartArt Text Pane
• Adding Shapes to SmartArt
• Formatting Shapes within SmartArt
• Changing Shapes within SmartArt
• Resizing Your SmartArt
• Deleting SmartArt
• Changing a SmartArt Layout
• Changing SmartArt Layout Orientation

Graphics and Page Layout

• Using the Selection Task Pane
• Understanding Object Anchors
• Using Object Anchors
• Moving Object Anchors
• Anchoring Objects by Default
• Absolutely Positioning a Graphic
• Writing On Top of Locked Graphics
• Inserting an Image On a Specific Page
• Vertically Aligning Text and an Image
• Vertical Alignment of an Inline Graphic
• Graphics and Line Height
• Stop Graphics and Text from Jumping Around
• Pictures Move on their Own
• Wrapping Text Around a Graphic
• Wrapping Text Around a Text Box
• Understanding "Through" Text Wrapping
• Editing Wrap Points
• Setting the Wrapping Default for Objects
• Hanging Indents in Wrapped Text
• Grouping Images Changes Text Wrap to Inline
• Different Layout for a Portion of a Page
• Adding Sidebars
• Creating Sideheads
• Characters in the Margin Next to Paragraphs
• Margin Notes in Word
• Keeping Callouts Positioned
• Moving Captions with Pictures
• Keeping a Picture Title with the Picture
• Figure Captions Change Incorrectly
• Freezing Cell Size when Inserting Pictures
• Keeping an Image Centered in a Table Cell
• Automatically Formatting Graphics and Shapes
• Understanding Page Border Art
• Selectively Find and Replace Page Borders

Grids, the Canvas, and Connectors

• Using the Drawing Grid
• Unwanted Graph Paper Effect
• Understanding the Drawing Canvas
• Using Connectors with Shapes
• Moving a Connector

Finding and Replacing Graphics

• Searching and Replacing Graphics
• Replacing Text with a Graphic
• Replacing Graphics with Graphics
• Searching for Floating Graphics with a Macro

Working with Chart

• Starting Microsoft Graph
• Picking a Chart Type
• Changing Borders for Data Series
• Turning Off Borders for Data Series
• Adding Titles to a Chart
• Adding a Border Around Text in a Chart
• Displaying a Chart Legend
• Adding Data Labels to a Chart
• Selecting Fonts for a Chart
• Specifying Colors in Chart
• Editing the Color Palette in Chart
• Changing the Perspective of Your Chart
• Adjusting Chart Size
• Changing the Default Chart Type
• Selecting a Chart Pattern
• Including a Data Table with Your Chart
• Selecting a Custom Chart
• Controlling Display of Chart Axes in Microsoft Graph
• Specifying an Axis Scale in Microsoft Graph
• Picking a Number Format for an Axis
• Selecting Text Orientation for an Axis in Microsoft Graph
• Controlling Chart Gridlines
• Changing Shapes in Microsoft Graph
• Formatting Datasheet Numbers
• Deleting Datasheet Rows or Columns
• Changing Datasheet Column Width
• Including Datasheet Rows or Columns in a Chart
• Changing the Orientation of Your Chart
• Inserting Datasheet Rows or Columns
• Converting Tables to Charts
• Importing Excel Information into Chart

Printing Graphics

• Images Won't Print
• Missing Left Border
• Upside-Down Printing
• Printing a Document's Mirror Image
• Printing Graphic Thumbnails
• Gradient Prints as Stripes
• Selecting Printing of Color Pictures
• Changing Compression Print Resolution
• Only Inline Figures Can be Seen and Printed
• Always Printing Drawing Objects
• Making Text Boxes Appear in a Printout
• Using Non-Printing Text Boxes
• Printing Images Based on Hidden Text Setting
• Merging Graphics into Word Documents

Working with Graphics in Macros

• Counting All Graphics
• Scaling Graphics in a Macro
• Determining Picture Size in a Macro
• Replacing an Image Filename with the Actual Image
• Inserting Multiple Graphics in a Document
• Inserting a Formatted Text Box with a Macro
• Finding and Removing Stubborn Graphics
• Removing Pictures from Multiple Files

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