Inserting Clipart – There are many places to obtain clipart. The most common are the Microsoft Clipart Gallery and the Microsoft Online Clipart Gallery.
  • Click on Insert, then Picture, then Clipart.
  • In the “Insert Clipart” window next to “Search for clips”, type the keyword that describes what you are looking for. Remember: typing in “dog” will give you all clipart that contains the word “dog”. Don’t be surprised to see a clipart of a hot dog vendor!
  • Press the “Enter” key.
  • Right-click on the clipart you’d like. Select “Insert”

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  • Left-click and select the first option which is “Insert”.
Formatting a graphic - When you click on a graphic it will become “selected”. Once it is selected you can format, resize, and/or edit it. Before you start, make sure that the Picture Toolbar is available. It looks like this:
Editing Clipart
1. Click on the graphic to be edited.
2. Use the tools in the Picture toolbar to adjust the graphic.
Formatting Clipart
Sometimes when you insert an image, it looks like the image on the right.

1. Right-click on the clipart. Select “Format Picture”.
2. Click on the “Layout" tab.
3. Choose what type of layout you would like.
4. Click “Advanced”. You might want to remove the “Move object with text” selection.
5. Click OK, then click OK again.

Resizing Clipart
1. Select the graphic..
2. Notice the 8 “handles that surround the image
3. The handle in each corner will resize the image proportionally.
4. The handle in the center of each edge will stretch the image.
5. Place your mouse over a handle, hold down the left-mouse button and drag to resize.