Integrating images and external material
- 1. Integrating Images and External Materials in MS Word LIEZL Q. SURMION-MARAGNUIT Presenter Mindanao State University-Graduate School General Santos City
- 2. Integrating or inserting pictures in your documents is fun and it improves the impression of your document. A common use of inserting a picture on a document is when you are creating your resume. Through seemingly simple to do, your knowledge on the different kinds of materials that you can integrate in a Word document and its characteristics can help you create a more efficient, richer document not only in content but also in physical form. A better understanding of the physical form of your document as well as the different materials you integrate in it would allow you to be more efficient and versatile in using MS Word.
- 3. Kinds of Materials There are various kinds of materials MS Word is capable of integrating to make your document richer, more impressive, and more informative.
- 5. Images and other materials are not only inserted for design purposes only, but they are used to enhance or improve the effectiveness of the of the images you want to convey. Here are some of the materials inserted: 1. Pictures-these are electronic or digital or photographs saved in any local storage device. a.) .JPG- pronounced as “jay-peg,” and is short form for .jpeg or Joint Photographic Experts Group. This type of image file can support 16.7 million colors that is why it is suitable for use when working with full color photographic images.
- 6. It does not support transparency and therefore, images of this file type can be difficult to integrate in terms of blending with other materials in your documents. .JPG does not work well on lettering, line drawing, or simple graphics. .JPG images are relatively small in file size.
- 9. b.) .GIF- Stands for Graphics Interchange Format. This type of image file is capable of displaying transparencies. It is good for blending with other materials in your documents. It is also capable of displaying simple animation. This may not be too useful on printed document but if you are sending documents electronically or through email, then this could be quite impressive. .GIF can only support to 256 colors so it is good mostly on logos and art decors with very limited, and generally solid colors.
- 14. c.) .PNG- Pronounced as “ping.” It stands for Portable Network Graphics. It was built around the capabilities of .GIF. It is also good with transparencies but unlike .GIFs, it does not support animation but it can display up to about 16 millions colors. .PNG allows the control of the transparency level or capacity of images
- 16. 3. Clip Art- line art drawings or images used as generic representation for ideas and objects. 4. Shapes- there are printable objects or materials that can integrate in your document to enhance appearance or to allow some tools to use for composing ideas or messages. 5. Smart Art -predefined sets of different shapes group together to form ideas that are organizational or structural in nature.
- 17. 6. Text Wrap- adjust how the image behave around the objects or text. 7. Chart- type of material that allows you to represent data characteristics and trends. Useful when you preparing reports that correlate and present data in a graphical manner. 8. Screenshot- using this material are more realistic image like when you are creating reports or manuals for trainings or procedures.
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