Editing Graphics

 

After inserting graphic, a picture tool bar should appear when the graphic is selected.

 

If this toolbar does not appear, then go to View – Toolbars – Picture.  

 

The first tool is Color.

 

Automatic is regular color

Grayscale is shades of gray

Black & White

 

Washout

 

 

 

The next two buttons are contrast. 

More and Less Contrast

The next two buttons are brightness

More and less Brightness

 

The next tool is a cropping tool

 

 

You can cut part of a picture.

This button Rotate 90 degrees

 

 

 

Line tool for putting lines around images if need

 

Compress Picture  Used to compress pictures for the internet making them easier to load on a web site and deleted cropped areas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Text Wrap

In Line with Text means one line only

Square Text will wrap around the image in a square

Tight  - Text will wrap in and out around the image according to its shape

Behind text – Can be used with Washout as a watermark.

In Front of Text  - Image will float on top of text or other images

Top and Bottom

Through

 

 

The fill bucket can be used when the image is ungroup to change colors

 

Set transparent color

 

 

 

If you right mouse click on the picture you can choose to edit the picture.

You can change colors or pull pictures apart.