Word Picture Tutorial and Word Hints and Tips

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

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