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Unit M: Exploring Advanced Graphics

• Work with text effects• Create and modify screenshots• Modify a picture• Remove the background from a

picture• Use artistic effects and layering

options

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Objectives

• Create SmartArt graphics• Edit clip art• Align, distribute, and rotate graphics

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Objectives (continued)

Working with Text Effects

• Use the Text Effects feature to modify the appearance of text

• Apply fill and outline styles to text• Apply enhancement such as:

• Shadows• Reflections• Glows• 3-D effects

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Working with Text Effects (continued)• Click the Text Effects button in the

Font group to apply a text effect

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• Use the Format Text Effects dialog box to apply and modify formats

Working with Text Effects (continued)

Update a style to include text effects

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Title style updated to include text

effects

Text Effects setting applied

to title and subtitle

Text Effects button

Working with Text Effects (continued)• OpenType Features include options

to apply special features to certain fonts• Ligatures• Number spacing options• Number form options• Stylistic sets

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Creating and Modifying Screenshots• Use the Screenshot command to

insert a screenshot into a document• Click the Screenshot button in the

Illustrations group on the Insert tab• A gallery of screenshots of all open

program windows opens• Insert a screenshot then modify it just

like any graphic object

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Creating and Modifying Screenshots (continued)

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Screenshot button

Gallery of available

screenshots

Creating and Modifying Screenshots (continued)• Use the Screen Clipping feature to

insert just a portion of a screen• Click Screenshot on the Insert tab

then click Screen Clipping• A program window opens and is

dimmed• Drag the pointer to select a portion of

the screen

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Creating and Modifying Screenshots (continued)

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Program window is dimmed

Making a Screen Clipping

Drag pointer to

select portion of

screen

Modifying a Picture• Use the tools on the Picture Tools

Format tab to modify a picture in hundreds of different ways

• You can:• Crop a picture• Change the picture shape• Modify the picture border• Apply picture effects• Add alternative text (alt text)• Position the picture on the page

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Modifying a Picture (continued)Cropping a picture

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Gray shows area to be removed

Modifying a Picture (continued)• Use the Format Picture dialog box to

apply and modify:• Fill, Line Color, and Line Style• Shadow, Reflection, Glow, and Soft Edges• 3-D Format and 3-D Rotation• Picture Corrections and Picture Color• Artistic Effects• Crop• Text Box Effects• Alt Text

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Modifying a Picture (continued)Format Picture dialog box

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Modifying a Picture (continued)• Click the Wrap Text button in the

Arrange group to make the picture a floating graphic• A floating graphic can be positioned

anywhere in the document• Use the Layout dialog box to position

a graphic object in the document

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Removing the Background from a Picture• Use the Remove Background feature

to remove background objects from a photograph

• Click Remove Background on the Picture Tools Format tab• The Background Removal tab opens

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Removing the Background from a Picture (continued)• Use the buttons on the Background

Removal tab to mark areas of the photograph to keep or discard:• Mark Areas to Keep button• Mark Areas to Remove button

• Drag pointer over area to keep or remove• A dotted line appears with an Include or

an Exclude marker

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Removing the Background from a Picture (continued)

Before

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After

Removing the Background from a Picture (continued)• Compressing pictures:

• Use the Compress Pictures command to reduce the file size of a picture

• Reduce the image resolution• Delete all cropped areas of a picture

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Using Artistic Effects and Layering Options• Use the Adjust group on the Picture

Tools Format tab to:• Apply one of 23 artistic effects• Correct brightness and contrast• Modify color saturation• Sharpen and soften the appearance of

the photograph

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Using Artistic Effects and Layering Options (continued)

Applying an artistic effect

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Gallery of artistic effects

Preview of selected

effect applied to

photograph

Using Artistic Effects and Layering Options (continued)• Use the Arrange group on the Picture

Tools Format tab to specify how objects should appear in relation to each other

• Change the text wrapping of pictures to Through so you can superimpose one picture on top of another

• The Selection and Visibility Pane shows objects on the current page and the stacking order of those objects

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Using Artistic Effects and Layering Options (continued)

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Picture of koala with background removed is superimposed over picture with artistic effect applied

Creating SmartArt Graphics

• SmartArt graphics combine shapes with text

• There are eight categories of SmartArt graphics• Select a category, then select a layout

and type text in each of the SmartArt shapes or in the text pane

• Modify a SmartArt graphic by changing fill colors, shape styles, and layouts

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Creating SmartArt Graphics (continued)

SmartArt categories

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Creating SmartArt Graphics (continued)• Create a SmartArt graphic from an

inserted picture

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• Add additional pictures to the graphic

• Type text into the text pane

• Use the SmartArt Tools Design and Format tabs to modify the graphic

Creating SmartArt Graphics (continued)

Hierarchy chart showing names and positions

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Editing Clip Art• A clip art picture is made up of many

separate objects• All of the objects are grouped together

when you insert the clip art picture• Ungroup a clip art to edit its individual

objects• The drawing canvas is an area for

creating or modifying graphics• The Selection and Visibility pane shows

all the objects that make up the clip art picture

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Editing Clip Art (continued)

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Drawing canvas

Border indicates selected

area

Selection and Visibility

Pane

Editing Clip Art (continued)

• Use the Edit Points feature to change the shape of any object in a clip art graphic

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• Click and drag wrap points to redraw a shape

Aligning, Distributing, and Rotating Graphics• The Align button on the Drawing Tools

Format tab includes commands you can use to change the relative positioning of two or more objects• The Align commands align objects relative to

each other• The Distribute commands distributes the same

amount of space between objects• The Rotate button allows you to rotate or

flip an object

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Aligning, Distributing, and Rotating Graphics (continued)

Stars aligned, distributed, and positioned

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Summary• Use Text Effects to modify the

appearance of text with:• Fill and outline styles• Enhancements such as shadows and

reflections• Adjust character spacing and apply

OpenType settings to text• Create and modify screenshots and

screen clippings

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Summary (continued)

• Modify a picture• Use the tools on the Picture Tools

Format tab• Pictures can be modified in hundreds of

ways• Use the Remove Background feature

to remove background objects from a photograph

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Summary (continued)

• Use the commands in the Adjust group to apply artistic effects or make adjustments to a picture

• Use the commands in the Arrange group to specify how graphic objects should appear in relation to each other

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Summary (continued)• Create SmartArt graphics that

combine shapes and text• Choose from eight categories and

many different layouts• Modify a SmartArt graphic by changing

fill colors, shape styles, and layouts• Edit clip art

• Ungroup a clip art picture to edit its individual objects

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Summary (continued)

• Aligning, Distributing, and Rotating Graphics• Align commands align objects relative

to each other• Distribute commands distribute the

same amount of space between objects• Rotate commands allow you to rotate or

flip an object

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