Discussion:
Editing Clipart
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Lucy
2008-07-13 15:53:02 UTC
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I am working in Word 2007 and am having fits with breaking apart clipart and
using pieces of it. I have read quite a few of the q&a's and have gotten
suggestions - but nothing seems consistent. Starting in a new document, can
someone please walk me through the process of inserting a wmf clipart, edit
picture, ungroup, move/delete/color images/regroup, etc. It seems you have
to be very particular about the image wrapping and the drawing canvas as to
whether edit picture and ungroup are available options. Also, what should my
default options be for inserting a clipart - inline or square? Please
help!!!!--
Lucy
Mary Sauer
2008-07-13 17:22:43 UTC
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I only know when I insert a .wmf into a Word document, I right-click the image
and click edit. All the segments become editable. Click on the *Drawing tools*
above the ribbon for fill choices. Be certain your image is not inline wrapping.

There is a newsgroup for Word graphics.
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Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
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Post by Lucy
I am working in Word 2007 and am having fits with breaking apart clipart and
using pieces of it. I have read quite a few of the q&a's and have gotten
suggestions - but nothing seems consistent. Starting in a new document, can
someone please walk me through the process of inserting a wmf clipart, edit
picture, ungroup, move/delete/color images/regroup, etc. It seems you have
to be very particular about the image wrapping and the drawing canvas as to
whether edit picture and ungroup are available options. Also, what should my
default options be for inserting a clipart - inline or square? Please
help!!!!--
Lucy
Lucy
2008-07-13 17:36:03 UTC
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Yes, that is how it works sometimes, but other times, edit picture is greyed
out. It makes no sense to me. It is always a wmf file. Any ideas?
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Lucy
Post by Mary Sauer
I only know when I insert a .wmf into a Word document, I right-click the image
and click edit. All the segments become editable. Click on the *Drawing tools*
above the ribbon for fill choices. Be certain your image is not inline wrapping.
There is a newsgroup for Word graphics.
--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com
Post by Lucy
I am working in Word 2007 and am having fits with breaking apart clipart and
using pieces of it. I have read quite a few of the q&a's and have gotten
suggestions - but nothing seems consistent. Starting in a new document, can
someone please walk me through the process of inserting a wmf clipart, edit
picture, ungroup, move/delete/color images/regroup, etc. It seems you have
to be very particular about the image wrapping and the drawing canvas as to
whether edit picture and ungroup are available options. Also, what should my
default options be for inserting a clipart - inline or square? Please
help!!!!--
Lucy
Mary Sauer
2008-07-13 18:00:18 UTC
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Maybe you can get help from the Office web site. I do most of my editing in a
draw program or Publisher.

There is a free Draw program here:
http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/software/DrawPlus/default.asp

Also www.openoffice.org has a draw module.

Working with graphics and charts
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/CH100626251033.aspx
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Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com
Post by Lucy
Yes, that is how it works sometimes, but other times, edit picture is greyed
out. It makes no sense to me. It is always a wmf file. Any ideas?
--
Lucy
Post by Mary Sauer
I only know when I insert a .wmf into a Word document, I right-click the image
and click edit. All the segments become editable. Click on the *Drawing tools*
above the ribbon for fill choices. Be certain your image is not inline wrapping.
There is a newsgroup for Word graphics.
--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com
Post by Lucy
I am working in Word 2007 and am having fits with breaking apart clipart and
using pieces of it. I have read quite a few of the q&a's and have gotten
suggestions - but nothing seems consistent. Starting in a new document, can
someone please walk me through the process of inserting a wmf clipart, edit
picture, ungroup, move/delete/color images/regroup, etc. It seems you have
to be very particular about the image wrapping and the drawing canvas as to
whether edit picture and ungroup are available options. Also, what should my
default options be for inserting a clipart - inline or square? Please
help!!!!--
Lucy
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