Inserting an Image into MS Word:

1) First open your publication in Word.

2) Then put your cursor in the approximate area you want to insert an image.

3) Then go up to the top of the screen and click on the pull-down menu called "insert".

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4) From the drop down menu that appears, choose "Picture", "From File".

5) Find your image and click "OK".

6) Your image will now appear on your page. It may not always insert itself where you expected, but that can be adjusted after the fact.

******For a short demo of how this is done, click here.
(this will open a seperate browser window, just click on the image for the video to start)

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Using the image

Once the image is inserted onto your page you can adjust its size, crop it, wrap text around it etc.

1) First click on the image. Then right click on it.

2) You will find a drop down menu with many features. Select "Format Picture".

3) From this menu you can do a variety of things.

                                For an example of how to do text wrapping, click here.
                                (this will open a seperate browser window, just click on the image for the video to start)

                                For an example of resizing, click here.
                                 (this will open a seperate browser window, just click on the image for the video to start)

                                                    NOTE: When resizing if you pull on the corners the image will maintain its proportions.

                                                     If you pull on the sides it will be stretched out.

                                 For an example of cropping, click here.
                                 (this will open a seperate browser window, just click on the image for the video to start)

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