Enhancing graphics in Word Pro
Enhancing graphics in Word Pro
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Tip All too often, a graphic image that you've imported into a word processing document could stand some improvement. Maybe it has too much contrast, or it's not bright enough, or it's a little fuzzy around the edges. To fix the graphic, most word processors make you head out to another application like Paintbrush or CorelDraw. But Word Pro includes its own image enhancement tools, and they're as good as the ones in most dedicated drawing packages. They work on any greyscale or colour image, such as those scanned from a photograph, but they don't work on graphics created with Word Pro's own drawing tools. Word Pro's image enhancement tools are hard to find, since they're not on the main menu, but they're not hard to use. To begin, import the image: select File--Import Picture; then select the file you want to import. Make sure the Link to File check box in the Import Picture dialogue box is not marked. Double-click the image so that the cursor becomes a left hand. Now right-click the image and select Image Properties to open the Image Properties dialogue box. Small changes in brightness, contrast, edge enhancement and smoothing have large results. To see how changing the position of the slider affects the image, click the Apply button. Before changing any of these properties, select the Auto Contrast check box then click Apply. This may be all the editing you need to do. To make the image look like a photographic negative, click the Invert Image check box and then click Apply. If things get out of hand, click Revert to return all settings to their defaults. When you're satisfied, click OK to make your changes permanent. One last tip: print your document to see how the image looks on paper. The image may not look in print as it does on your monitor. You can return to the Image Properties dialogue box at any time to make adjustments.
Word Pro's image properties feature lets you edit an imported graphic without leaving your document
| Category: Word processing Issue: Mar 1997 Pages: 182-183 |
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