Pictures are the best way for adding the visual interest to your publication. You can add the picture depending upon your publication. The Picture tool in Publisher 2010 will make it very easy to incorporate the images into your documents and change those images in some interesting ways. In the following tutorial you will learn how you can fit, insert and format your pictures. You can also learn about Working with Shapes and Objects in Publisher 2010.
Adding Pictures:
In order to insert the pictures froma file you need to follow these simple steps.
- 1st of all select the Insert tab and then locate the Illustrations group.
- Now click on the Picture command.
- You will notice that the Insert Picture dialog box will appear.
- Locate and select the picture you like to insert and the click on Insert.
- The desired picture wil be added into your publication.
Inserting Clip Art:
- 1st of all select the Insert tab and then locate the Illustrations group.
- Now you need to click the Clip Art command.
- The Clip Art pane will appear on the right.
- Use the search tools for searching for a suitable image.
- Click on Go in order to begin your search.
- Publisher will now display the pictures which will meet your search terms. Once you have found the desired image you need to click it.
- The Clip Art will be added to your publication.
- Fitting Pictures in your Publication:
Resizing a Picture:
- 1st of all select the picture.
- Now click on the corner sizing handles and then drag your mouse till the picture is of desired size.
- Now you are required to release the mouse and the picture will be resized.
Cropping a Picture:
- 1st of all select the picture and then click on the Picture Tools Format tab and locate the Crop group.
- Now you need to click the Crop command.
- The black cropping handles will show up.
- Click and drag a handle to crop the picture. The area to be cropped will appear as semi-transparent.
- Once you are satisfied with the appearance of the picture click on Crop command once again.
- The picture will be cropped.
Adjusting the Brightness and Contrast:
- 1st of all select the picture which you need to adjust and after that select the Picture Tool Format tab and then locate the Adjust group.
- Now you need to click the Brightness drop-down command.
- From the drop-down menu which appears select the desired brightness.
- Positive sign + will make the picture more brighter and negative number – will make the picture darker.
- Now click on the Contrast drop-down command.
- Now you are required to select the desired contrast level. Positive sign will create greater contrast and negative sign will reduce the contrast.