- Introduction
- Locating and Inserting Clip Art
- Inserting a Picture
- Inserting a Picture Screen Shot
- Adding an Artistic Style to a Picture
- Adding a Quick Style to a Picture
- Applying a Shape to a Picture
- Applying a Border to a Picture
- Applying Picture Effects
- Modifying Picture Size
- Compressing a Picture
- Correcting a Picture
- Recoloring a Picture
- Cropping and Rotating a Picture
- Removing a Picture Background
- Creating WordArt Text
- Formatting WordArt Text
- Applying WordArt Text Effects
- Modifying WordArt Text Position
- Creating SmartArt Graphics
- Formatting a SmartArt Graphic
- Modifying a SmartArt Graphic
- Adding Pictures to a SmartArt Graphic
- Creating an Organization Chart
- Inserting and Creating a Chart
- Changing a Chart Layout and Style
- Changing Chart Labels
- Formatting Line and Bar Charts
- Editing Chart Data
- Saving a Chart Template
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Cropping and Rotating a Picture
You can crop clip art to isolate just one portion of the picture. Because clip art uses vector image technology, you can crop even the smallest part of it and then enlarge it, and the clip art will still be recognizable. You can also crop bitmapped pictures, but if you enlarge the area you cropped, you lose picture detail. Use the Crop button to crop an image by hand. In addition, you can crop a picture while maintaining a selected resize aspect ratio (New!) or crop a picture based on a fill or fit (New!). You can also rotate a picture by increments or freehand.
Crop a Picture Quickly
Click the picture you want to crop.
Click the Format tab under Picture Tools.
Click the Crop button.
Drag the sizing handles until the borders surround the area you want to crop.
Click outside the image when you are finished.
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Crop a Picture with an Aspect Ratio
- Click the picture you want to crop.
- Click the Format tab under Picture Tools.
- Click the Crop button arrow, point to Aspect Ratio, and then select an aspect ratio.
- Drag the sizing handles until the borders surround the area you want to crop.
- Click outside the image when you are finished.
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Crop a Picture with a Fill or Fit
- Click the picture you want to crop.
- Click the Format tab under Picture Tools.
- Click the Crop button arrow, and then select an option:
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Fill. Resizes the picture so the entire picture area is filled while maintaining the aspect ratio. Any area outside of the picture area is cropped.
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Fit. Resizes the picture so the entire picture displays inside the picture area while maintaining the aspect ratio.
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- Drag the sizing handles until the borders surround the area you want to crop.
- Click outside the image when you are finished.
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Rotate a Picture
- Click the object you want to rotate.
- Position the pointer (which changes to the Free Rotate pointer) over the green rotate lever at the top of the object, and
then drag to rotate the object.
- Click outside the object to set the rotation.
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