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Pictures

• Add a Border to a Picture
• Add a Picture from a File
• Add a Picture from Clip Art
• Create a Thumbnail
• Crop a Picture
• Resize a Picture
• Specify Alternative Text for a Picture

Add a Border to a Picture

To add a solid line border to a picture:

1. Right-click on the picture and select Picture Properties. The Picture Properties window appears.
    
2. On the Appearance tab, in the Border thickness field (shown circled below), enter the desired value.

3. Click on the OK button. The border appears.

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Add a Picture from a File

To add a picture from a file to a Web page:

1. Click on the Web page where you want to insert the picture.
    
2. Click on the Insert menu and select Picture - From File. The Picture window appears.
    
3. Click on the picture file that you want to add.
    
4. Click on the Insert button. The picture appears on the Web page.
    
5. Save the Web page. The Save Embedded Files window appears.
    
6. If desired, click on the Rename button and enter a different file name for the picture file.
    
7. If necessary, click on the Change Folder button and select the images or graphics folder.
    
8. Click on the OK button twice to return to the Web page. The picture file is saved in the images or graphics folder.

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Add a Picture from Clip Art

To add a picture from Clip Art to a Web page:

1. Click on the Web page where you want to insert the picture.
    
2. Click on the Insert menu and select Picture - Clip Art. The Clip Art pane appears.
    
3. In the Search for field, enter a search term (e.g., balloons).
    
4. Click on the Search in down arrow and make sure that Everywhere is selected.
    
5. Click on the Results should be down arrow and select Clip Art (graphics), Photographs (images), and/or Movies (animated graphics).
    
6. Click on the Go button. Clip Art thumbnails appear.
   
   Note: To preview an animated graphic, click on the gray bar on the right side of the thumbnail and select Preview/Properties.
    
7. Click on the thumbnail of the Clip Art picture that you want to add. The Clip Art picture appears on the Web page.
    
8. Save the Web page. The Save Embedded Files window appears.
    
9. Click on the Rename button and enter a more meaningful file name for the picture file.
    
10. If necessary, click on the Change Folder button and select the images or graphics folder.
     
11. Click on the OK button twice to return to the Web page. The Clip Art picture file is saved in the images or graphics folder.

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Create a Thumbnail

To create a thumbnail, right-click on the picture and select AutoThumbnail. The thumbnail appears.

Note: To make changes to the thumbnail, click on the Tools menu, select Page Options, and then click on the AutoThumbnail tab.

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Crop a Picture

To crop a picture:

1. Right-click on the picture and select Show Pictures Toolbar. The Pictures toolbar appears.
    
2. Click on the Crop toolbar button. A crop box appears on the picture, as shown below.

3. Drag the crop box around the portion of the picture that you want to keep.
    

4. Click on the Crop toolbar button. The picture is cropped.

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Resize a Picture

To resize a picture:

1. Click on the picture. Handles appear around the picture.
    
2. Drag one of the corner handles to make the picture larger or smaller. The picture resizes, and the Picture Actions button appears.
    
3. Click on the Picture Actions button and select Resample Picture to Match Size. The physical size of the image or graphic changes.
   
   Note: You can also resize an image or graphic by right-clicking on it and selecting Picture Properties.

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Specify Alternative Text for a Picture

To specify alternate text for a picture on a Web page:

1. Right-click on the picture and select Picture Properties. The Picture Properties window appears.
    
2. Click on the General tab.
    
3. Under Alternative representations, in the Text field, enter a brief description of the image or graphic.
    
4. Click on the OK button. The alternate text appears when you position the mouse pointer over the picture in a browser window.

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