Microsoft Office has enhanced photo editing features to help when adding pictures in your documents. You can adjust the picture brightness or contrast, remove the background, use artist affects, add a border, rotate, crop or resize a picture. A preview of most of these features can be seen by hovering over the menu choice before you actually click on the menu choice.
1. Double-click on the image you have inserted into the Word document
2. Use the tools on the "Format" ribbon menu to make the alterations you desire
-The "Format" ribbon menu may look different depending on how large your Microsoft Word window is. All options are presented at all sizes, however some may be hidden in drop-down menu.
3. If you have made alterations that you do not like and want to reset the image, a simple way to do so it to use the "Reset Picture" option in the "Format" ribbon menu.
4. Explore the different options/effects and have fun making your document look good!
- Many changes can be previewed by simply hovering the mouse cursor over an option
- Not every type of editing option is available in Microsoft Word
- More advanced photo editing is best left to software designed for photo editing like Adobe Photoshop, GNU GIMP, Paint.NET, etc.