Graphics in Word

[Guest]

I have lost the ability to manipulate graphics in Word. I can insert a
graphic (e.g., picture, logo, etc.) but cannot resize it, move it, crop it,
or in any way change it. I click on the appropriate tools to do this but
nothing happens. I used to be able to manipulate graphics in Word. I don't
know what has happened and how to correct this issue. Any help would be
greatly appreciated. Thanks! PS--If you have the answer to this question, I
would appreciate step-by-step instructions in layman's terms to correct this
as I am a layman user and may not understand technical information.
PPS--This is not an issue with text wrapping with graphics in Word. Thanks
again...

 

[Mary Sauer]

Help courtesy of Bob Buckland
There are a couple of variations, some dependent on where the clipart in the
organizer came from See if this works.

1. In Word 2007 select Insert=>Clipart

2. Search for 'pie' (all collections all media types)

3. Select a WMF file and insert it in the drawing
(I usedj0233497.wmf among others)

4. Right click the inserted graphic and set Text Wrapping to Inline with text
(you can change it later, but this should allow step 5
to be active).

5. Right click on the inserted graphic and choose Edit Picture, this basically
puts a drawing canvas around the graphic (resizing of
the graphic before this step or before ungrouping can make things a bit easier
<g>.

6. Right click again and select grouping. If ungroup is greyed out but
'regroup' is live then the 'pieces' may have already
separated in Step 4, although the handles on the individual pieces may not be
visible until you click on a segment. If you select a
segment and get the grey circled corner handles on the segment right click and
ungroup should blow things apart into the rest of the
parts, as in prior versions

If you use Insert=>Clipart and add the graphic there is, on the ribbon, a
grouping icon on the 'Page Layout Tab' for grouping
multiple objects (so it's greyed out) and when you insert the clipart the
Ribbon's Picture Tools=>Format tab the 'grouping' choice
in 'Arrange' will be greyed out until you right click=>Edit on the WMF and then
the Ribbon changes from 'Picture tools' to 'Drawing
tools' and you can use the Shape Styles, Shadow effects, Fill, etc from Drawing
Tools=>Format on individual segments.

You can also use Insert=>Shape=>New Drawing Canvas first and then insert the WMF
file in the canvas from the ClipArt pane.

In PowerPoint, since each slide is in effect a drawing canvas, if you right
click after inserting and right click=>Grouping=>Ungroup
the 'convert to drawing object' step will let you ungroup items.