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if you have pictures in your document
you want them to look as good as
possible sometimes that means making a
few adjustments like changing the color
adding an effect or just applying a
border to get started select the picture
you want to modify this will open the
format tab on the right here you'll find
everything you need to edit the image
first I'm going to show you how to crop
it to a different size just click the
crop command and you'll see a series of
cropping handles around the edge of the
picture you'll need to place your mouse
right over these handles or you might
grab one of the sizing handles by
mistake now click and drag the handle
and the part of the image that's going
to be cropped out will be highlighted
gray just keep making adjustments as
needed and then deselect the command or
just press Enter when you're done you
may have noticed that there's a
drop-down arrow below the crop command
if we mouse over crop to shape we can
change the shape of the image so it's
not just a square or a rectangle I'm
going to choose the teardrop shape which
as you can see matches the rest of the
graphics in my document in some cases
you may want to change or correct the
color of your image or add some kind of
special effect you can access these
options in the adjust group for example
if you go to Corrections you can soften
or sharpen the image just take a look at
the thumbnails to see what it's going to
look like you can also adjust the
brightness and contrast I think this one
looks good
let's take a look at the
color command next here you can change
the saturation as well as the color tone
which controls how warm or cool the
image appears you can even change the
color of the picture altogether using
the theme colors that are currently
applied to your document I'm just going
to change the color tone then take a
look at the last command in the group
artistic effects now you probably don't
want to use an artistic effect on every
picture but in some cases they can
really help you enhance your document
for example I like this effect because
it makes the photo look like a painting
or an illustration and that matches the
bold look that I'm going for perfectly
if you're looking for more ways to
enhance your images you might want to
try the picture Styles group here you
can add frames drop shadows and other
picture effects all in a single click if
you don't like any of the presets you
can use the commands on the right
instead in this example I'm going to add
my own border and then open the command
again to make the weight a little
thicker before you send out your
document you may want to compress any
pictures that you've added this will
make the file size smaller so the
document will be easier to email or post
on the web first make sure your image is
selected then click the compress
pictures command notice that there's an
option to delete cropped areas of
pictures this will delete any cropped
areas permanently instead of just hiding
them so they won't contribute to the
file size you can also change the
resolution for the image the email
setting offers the lowest resolution so
it'll have the smallest possible file
size now the look of the
has changed a bit that's because
compression lowers the quality of the
image often that's not what you want for
example if you're planning to print the
document instead of sending it online
you'll just have to decide whether
higher quality or lower file size is
more important to you depending on the
situation now you know how to format
pictures in Word don't be afraid to
experiment with the options we've talked
about today with so many tools at your
disposal you can do all kinds of
creative things with your images