- Inserting Images
- Working with Graphics
- Formatting Graphics
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Working with Graphics
Inserting a line, shape, picture, or other graphic object is usually only one-half the battle. To complete your work with the graphic, you usually need to spend a bit of time formatting and editing the object to get it just right. This may include some or all the following: sizing the graphic; rotating it; moving it; and determining whether a graphic appears on top of or behind any other graphics in your document. This section provides you with the details of these and other techniques for working with graphics.
Size a Graphic
If a graphic is too large or too small for your needs, or if the object’s shape is not what you want, you can size the image to change its dimensions or its shape. You might want to size a graphic so that it fits within an open document area.
- Tap the graphic you want to size.
- To adjust the width of the graphic, drag the left or right handle.
- To adjust the height of the graphic, drag the top or bottom handle.
To adjust the width and height at the same time, drag a corner handle.
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Move a Graphic
To ensure that a graphic is ideally placed within a document, you can move the graphic to a new location. For example, you might want to move a graphic so that it does not cover existing document text.
- Tap the graphic you want to move.
- Place a finger in the middle of the object. Make sure you don’t place your finger over any of the object’s sizing handles.
Drag the object to the position you want.
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Rotate a Graphic
Most graphic objects get inserted into a document without any rotation: Horizontal borders appear horizontal, and vertical borders appear vertical. A nonrotated image is probably what you will want most of the time, but for some occasions an image tilted at a jaunty angle is just the right touch for a document. Many objects come with a rotation handle that you can use to rotate the object clockwise or counterclockwise.
Tap the graphic you want to rotate.
Use a finger to drag the rotation handle. Drag the handle clockwise to rotate the graphic clockwise; drag the handle counterclockwise to rotate the graphic counterclockwise.
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Reorder Graphics
If a document has multiple images that overlap each other, you’ve probably noticed that some images appear “on top” of others. This is determined by the stacking order, and usually images added later are added “above” existing images. You can change this either by sending an image toward the back of the stack (so it appears beneath some or all the other images) or by bringing an image toward the front of the stack (so that it appears on top of some or all the other images).
- Tap the graphic you want to reorder.
- Tap the Picture tab.
- Tap Reorder.
To send the image toward the back of the stack, tap Send Backward; to bring the image toward the front of the stack, tap Bring Forward.
Repeat Steps 3 and 4 until the graphic is in the stack position you want.
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