Add Artistic Effects

When using Office 2010, you can easily give your photographs, clip art images, or screen shots an artistic flair. Simply insert the graphic into your document and then apply an Artistic Effect to make your graphic appear as if it were sketched in pencil, drawn with pastels, molded from plastic or created in a number of other mediums.

When you insert a graphic or click on one, the Picture Tools become available. To apply an Artistic Effect, choose the Format tab under Picture Tools and then choose Artistic Effects in the Adjust group. A gallery of effects appears. As you hover over each effect, Microsoft Office provides a live preview of how your image would appear with that effect applied. The Artistic Effects command is available in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

After you apply an effect, you can remove the effect by choosing the first gallery option, None or by clicking Artistic Effects Options at the bottom of the gallery and then clicking Reset in the Format Picture, Artistic Effects pane.

Insert a Picture

1. Place your cursor where you want to insert a picture.
2. Activate the Insert tab.
3. Click Picture in the Illustrations group. The Insert Picture dialog box appears.

4. Locate and click the picture you want to insert and then click Insert. Office places the picture in your document and the Picture Tools become available.

1. Click the picture, clip art, or screenshot. The Picture Tools become available.
2. Activate the Format tab.
3. Click the down-arrow next to Artistic Effects. A gallery of effects appears. As you hover over each effect, you see a live preview of the effect.
4. Click the Artistic Effect you want to apply.

How do I insert clip art?

1. Place your cursor where you want to insert the clip art.
2. Activate the Insert tab.
3. Click Clip Art. The Clip Art pane appears.
4. Type a description of what you are searching for in the Search For field.
5. Click the down-arrow next to the Search In field and then choose where you want to search.
6. Click the down-arrow in the Results Should Be field and then choose the media type you want.
7. Click Go. Office retrieves the clip art that matches the description you typed.
8. Place your cursor where you want to place the clip art.
9. Click the piece of clip art you want. Office places the clip art in your document.

How do I insert a screen shot?

1. Open the window you want to make a screen shot of.
2. Place your cursor at the point at which you want to insert the screen shot.
3. Activate the Insert tab.
4. Click the down-arrow next to Screenshot in the Illustrations group. A list of available windows appears.
5. Click the window you want a screen shot of. A screen shot of the window appears in your document.

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