The University of Newcastle offers the following two
Word help and tutorial documents, in pdf format. The first
one is a 2-page Word Hints and Tips sheet, and the second one is an
18-page tutorial on managing Pictures in Word, including aquiring,
choosing, and inserting them into Word.
Hints
and Tips for using MS Word
96kb, 2 pages
Pictures
in Word Documents
389kb, 18 pages
File
size is the most common cause of problems when working with
pictures in Microsoft Office. The average computer user needs to know a
few things about using graphics: this Guide explains them.
Contents:
What’s
the problem?
About this Guide
Scanners and software
Graphical conversion software Printers
Part 1:
Graphics for the Amateur
- Normal amateur usage,
and the biggest pitfall
- Why do you want a picture
here?
- Theory versus reality: testing and printing
- Producing pictures: graphical formats, etc.
-
Saving images
- Screen captures (PC, Mac, Unix)
Part
2: Choosing a graphic file format
- Bitmap (raster)
types
- jpeg, gif, tiff, png,
bmp, pcx, pict
- Vector types
- eps/epsf, wmf
Part 3:
Inserting pictures into Word documents
- Why do it?
- Hints and Help
- Recommended procedure
- Size adjustment, and others
- Inserting a chart
from Excel Beware of PowerPoint
Appendix A: More
tips and recommendations
- Your own computer?
- Safe working
- PostScript
-
Color images
- Word-specific tips
- Web documents
- Links to more information
Appendix
B: Some pictures