This is a very common type of work, as we will see below, as well as all of this in a direct and quite simple way. Of course, we can always use external applications to adapt and edit these photos that we will later use in the DOC, but it is not always necessary. And it is that if we can directly treat these files in the same word, it will save us time and effort. It is precisely all of this that we are going to talk about right now.
To begin we will tell you that to work with images in Word, we have several ways to introduce them into the document itself. For example, we can do it through the Insert / images menu to then select the file in its disk location. This will be located at that moment in the position of the document where we were located. Of course, we can change the site just by dragging it, whenever we want. On the other hand, we will also have the possibility of dragging the image directly to the document. This is something we will do with the mouse, for example, from the Windows Explorer.
Once it’s attached to the document we were working on, the first thing we see is a series of controls on the added photo. These will help us to adapt, with the mouse, the size of the image in Word. At the same time we find a control that will allow us to rotate the photo as we want. As it is easy to think, this will be of great help to adapt the image to the maximum in the text document which we were already working on.
At the same time, after charging the photo in it desk of the word processor, in the upper part we see that new shortcuts are added. These will allow us to give a more personalized look to the image that we have just loaded. Thus, we can directly add a frame, round the corners, blur the edges, etc.
Edit and format images
But that’s not all, rather, despite being faced with a word processor, the functions it offers to format the photos, there are many. Of course, what must be clear is that formatting the photos is changing their original appearance. It is something similar to what we achieved with the texts, but of course, in this case with the images.
Here we can touch a multitude of parameters and functions, all with the aim of completely changing that media component. That is why in these same lines we are going to talk about everything you need to know about formatting and retouching photos in Microsoft Word.
Activate the image format function
Of course, the first thing that we must achieve at this point is to make the functionality that we are talking about put into operation. For this we only have to insert a new photo in the document, as we showed you previously. Once we have it included in the text document itself, we click on it so that the new menu option appears in the program interface, image tools / Format.
As it could not be otherwise, several new ones will appear in the new group of options, all of them related to the photographic treatment. Perhaps the first thing that will catch our attention is the style section. This is because on the screen we will see a series of boxes in the form of samples that refer to all the styles that we can assign to the uploaded image.
photo styles
These styles to which we refer will allow us to carry out a good number of retouching tasks, all of them in a simple way. Among the modifications that these styles will allow us to carry out directly, we find that we have the opportunity to give a more striking appearance to the content. Thus, we can change its orientation or frame, in addition to the initial shape.
To say that although at first we see some samples of styles, that list can be displayed. This increases the number of possibilities available to give the photo a much more original look. At the same time we can change your perspectivegive it a 3D lookwith shadow, etc.
Basic image editing in Word
The styles that we have talked about so far actually refer to predesigned samples to give a new look to the photo. But we must take into account that we can also carry out some manual settings. This would be similar to what we normally do in the popular photo editors of a lifetime. As in the previous case, these options are activated by clicking on the image.
Edit brightness, contrast and sharpness
Specifically, on the left side of the new function bar, we will see several shortcuts related to the functions that we are talking about here. Thus, first of all we find the Corrections section. In this section we will have the opportunity to carry out adjustments related to the sharpnesshe glow the contrast of the photo.
The program itself presents us with a series of samples with the same shape as the image that we previously loaded, to help us improve the appearance of the content. But we will also have the opportunity to adjust the commented parameters more accurately by clicking on the Options link image corrections.
adjust color
We will achieve something very similar but in this case with another of the basic sections when it comes to correcting the appearance of a photograph. By this we mean the color. In fact, for all this we find another shortcut in this same section, now called Color. This will also give us access to a series of samples that have no other purpose than to help us adjust the tones of the image loaded in the document.
But how could it be otherwise, in this section of the program he also presents us with a series of samples in this sense, but that is not all. At the same time and for slightly more advanced users in this sense, the word processor does not give the opportunity to create new shadesor even to create a transparent color.
Remove the background of an image
It is also worth knowing that Microsoft Word itself offers us the possibility of removing the backgrounds from the photos. This shortcut, located first on the left of the interface, leads us to a new window to customize the removal task. So we can mark and select the parts of the background in particular that we want eliminateso that in this way nothing is deleted that we do not want,
This is a somewhat more delicate job than the ones seen above, so it is advisable to have some previous knowledge in image editing.
Other digital effects to use
These are some of the most interesting retouching functions that we can find in this section. But at the same time we are going to find other functionalities that are going to help us give a more original or striking look to these photographic contents. For all this we find a function artistic effectsanother Image Effects, or the ability to add a custom color outline.
As you can imagine, all this opens up a huge range of possibilities in terms of editing, customizing and adapting the images. In addition, all these tasks can be carried out directly from the word processor itself, without the need for specific external applications.
Adjust images and text in Word
Well, once we have made all the necessary changes to our images at a visual level, we are going to move on to placing them as we are most interested in. For all this, Word itself also presents us with a series of functionalities and thus adapt these contents so that they integrate in the best way with the text of the document.
These options in particular can be found on the left side of the functions that appear in Image Tools / Format. Here, to begin with, from Position we can place the photo in the desired position with respect to the entered text a priori. Inside it, to one side, in a corner, etc.
In addition, and to make the implementation look even more professional, we can also use the Adjust text option. It is worth mentioning that, for example, this will even allow us to document text is placed above the photo so that it is part of it. Here it is enough that we use a little imagination and creativity to achieve the results we need in each case.
Of course, at the same time and in this same sense, from the Paragraph section of the main interface of the program, we can also modify the justification of the photos. This is a very similar change to the one we normally carry out when justify texts.
Compress and crop images in Word
Of course, one aspect that we must take into account when working with this type of graphic content in Word is that it weighs much more than plain text. Therefore, as we add attachments of this type to a document, its weight will increase significantly. Well, at this point, we will tell you that Word itself also tries to make things easier for us in this same sense
First of all, in the left part of the section that we have been talking about in these same lines, we find the option to compress images. This leads us to a new customization window.
Thus, we will have the possibility of defining its resolution, based on the type of final use that we are going to give to the entire document. In this way, its weight size will be directly related to the assigned resolution. Because of course, the situation has nothing to do with whether we plan to send the DOC by mail, if we are going to print it, for example.
On the other hand, we find the option to cut, which also offers us several options in this regard. Thus, we will be able to cut that content maintaining its relation of aspectwith previously specified measures, with a specific shape, or to our liking, freehand.
Give a custom style to the added image
These are tasks that we can carry out directly and initially with the photo, but there are still some functions that we can carry out. For example, we can cut out a specific part of the attached photograph. In this way we achieve that in the Word text document only that part to which we wish to refer is visible. This is something we achieve by right-clicking on the mouse and selecting the Crop option. Then we will only have to select with the mouse pointer, the section with which we want to stay.
Another of the available options that will surely be very useful in this case, is the possibility of adapting and integrating the photo to the text of the document. Well, this is something that we can customize by clicking again with the right mouse button on the photo, and going to the Adjust text menu. Then we will see that the available options appear on the screen in this regard.
To say that from here we will have the possibility of integrating the photo in the best way to the text that…
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