Dr. Alice Christie's
Inserting Clip Art, Photos,
and Movies Page

Open a Word document and begin typing:

 

To Insert Clip Art

  • Place your cursor where you wish to inset Clip Art
  • From the Insert Drop-Down Window, choose Picture then Clip Art
  • For the rest of this tutorial, abbreviates are used: Insert > Picture > Clip Art

 

A Dialog Box Appears with all available clip art that comes with Word:

  • Either scroll through the categories and then the pictures to find an appropriate picture, OR
  • Type a word in the Search box to locate all pictures that match your topic
  • Click on the picture you wish to Insert in your document
  • Click Insert

 

The selected clip art now appears in your document:

 

To copy and paste this Clip Art somewhere else in your document:

  • Click on the Clip Art so it is highlighted (see blue squares around picture below)
  • Edit > Copy

 

Edit > Paste

 

 

To add a photograph or scanned image to your document:

  • Place your cursor where you wish to inset a photograph or picture from your files
  • Insert > Picture > From File

 

A Dialog Box appears:

  • Scroll through your files until you locate the one you wish to insert
  • Select it
  • Click Insert

 

 

Your photograph appears in your document:

 

To insert a Movie into your document:

  • Place your cursor where you wish to insert a movie into your document
  • Insert > Movie

 

 

A Dialog Box appears:

  • Scroll through your files until you locate the movie you wish to insert
  • Select it
  • Click Open

 

Your movie appears in your document:

 

Congratulations! You can now add clip arts, pictures and movies to your files!

 

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