Integrating Images and External Materials

Integrating Images and

External Materials
Integrating Images and External
Materials
 Integrating or inserting pictures in your document is fun and it improves the
impression of your document
 A common use of inserting a picture on a document is when you are creating

your resume
 Though seemingly simple to do, your knowledge on the different kinds of

materials that you can insert or integrate in a Word document and its
characteristics can help you create a more efficient, richer document not
only in content but also in physical form
Kinds of Materials
 There are various kinds of materials Microsoft Word is capable of integrating

to make the documents richer, more impressive, and more informative.
Pictures
 Generally, these are electronic or digital pictures or photographs you have

saved in any local storage device. There are three commonly used types of
picture files. You can identify them by the extension on their file names.
 JPG/JPEG
 .GIF
 PNG
JPG/JPEG
 This is pronounced as “jay-peg“ and is the short form of .jpeg or Joint Photographic
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 Like all the rest of the image file extensions, it identifies the kind of data compression
process that it uses to make it more compatible and portable through the Internet.
 This type of image file can support 16.7 million colors that is why it is suitable for use
when working with full color photographic images.
 Unfortunately, it does not support transparency and therefore, images of this file type
can be difficult to integrate in terms of blending with other materials or elements in
your document
.GIF
 This stands for Graphics Interchange Format.
 This type of image file is capable of displaying transparencies
 Therefore, it is good for blending with other materials or elements in your

document.
 It is also capable of displaying simple animation.

.PNG
 This is pronounced as “ping“. It stands for Portable Network Graphics
 It was built around the capabilities of .GIF.
 Its development was basically for the purpose of transporting images on the
Internet at faster rates. It is also good with transparencies but unlike .GIFs, it
does not support animation but it can display up to 16 million colors, so image
quality for this image file type is also remarkably improved. .PNG allows the
control of the transparency level or opacity of images.
CLIP ART / SHAPES /
SMART ART / CHART
Clip Art
 This is generally a .GIF type; line art drawings or images used as generic
representation for ideas and objects that you might want to integrate in your
document.
 Microsoft Word has a library of clip arts that is built in or can be downloaded
and used freely
Shapes
 These are printable objects or materials that you can integrate in your
document to enhance its appearance or allow you to have some tools to use
for composing and representing ideas or messages.
 If you are designing the layout for a poster or other graphic material for
advertising, you might find this useful.
Smart Art
 Generally, these are predefined sets of different shapes grouped together to

form ideas that are organizational or structural in nature.
 If you want to graphically represent an organization, process, relationships, or

flow for infographic documents, then you will find this easy and handy to use.
Chart
 Another type of material that you can integrate in your Word document that
allows you to represent data characteristics and trends
 This is quite useful when you are preparing reports that correlate and
present data in a graphical manner.
 You can create charts that can be integrate in your document either directly
in Microsoft Word or imported from external files like Microsoft Excel.
Screenshot
 Sometimes, creating reports or manuals for training or procedures will require

the integration of a more realistic image of what you are discussing on your
report or manual
 Nothing can get you a more realistic image than a screenshot.
 Microsoft Word even provides a snipping tool for your screen shots so you can
select and display only the part that you exactly like to capture on your
screen.

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 A common use of inserting a picture on a document is when you are creating

 Though seemingly simple to do, your knowledge on the different kinds of

 There are various kinds of materials Microsoft Word is capable of integrating

 Generally, these are electronic or digital pictures or photographs you have

 This stands for Graphics Interchange Format.

 This type of image file is capable of displaying transparencies

 Therefore, it is good for blending with other materials or elements in your

 It is also capable of displaying simple animation.

 This is pronounced as “ping“. It stands for Portable Network Graphics

 It was built around the capabilities of .GIF.

 Generally, these are predefined sets of different shapes grouped together to

 If you want to graphically represent an organization, process, relationships, or

 Sometimes, creating reports or manuals for training or procedures will require

 Nothing can get you a more realistic image than a screenshot.

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