Insert And Edit Images In Microsoft Word 2007

Do you want to make your Microsoft Word document impressive? In order to make a document more attractive you could add extra images or photos to it. Adding visual components to your Word document enhances the appearance of the document. You may add images from clip-art, Word Art or even images from your computer.

Microsoft Word 2007 has limited picture formatting and photo-editing capabilities. You can easily learn how to format and edit pictures in Word 2007. Below discussed are a few options you could try and for more, go to the Microsoft Word 2007 help section.

Tips to Customize an Image

• Select the picture you want to edit by clicking on it. Choose the Format tab from the ribbon.
• From the Picture tools you can adjust the brightness and contrast of the picture. The Brightness and Contrast buttons are on the leftmost side of the ribbon. The color tone of the picture can also be adjusted using the picture tools which is also located at the leftmost side of ribbon.
• You can reduce the size of the image by using the Compress Pictures tool. This tool compresses the images that have been added to the document.
• If you want to remove an existing picture and add a new one, use the Change Picture tool. You will get the Insert Picture dialogue box once the tool is selected.
• If you want to undo the changes, click Reset Picture to restore the original unedited image.
• To add some extra effects to your image, you can make use of the Picture Effects tool in the Picture Styles group. You can also add pre-configured effects to your image.
• There is another creative tool called the Shadow tool, using which you can drop a shadow to an image, which makes the image stand out of the document or appear to hover over the page.
• Using the Reflection tool, you can create a reflection of the photograph or the image.
• Glow feature adds a glowing effect around the border and the Soft edges features softens the edge of an image.
• Other options like Preset and 3-D Rotation add 3-D effects. 
• There are also options to resize, crop or rotate an image.

Using these picture customizing tools, you can make your picture or photograph fit well to the Word document, making it really impressive. You can avail more tips from the Microsoft Word 2007 help, if needed.