Mike McBride

andrew_coles@yahoo.co.uk

Conversion to British English graphicsintroduction &kword; is very good at handling textual information. &kword; can also be used to incorporate graphical images with text. Pictures can be inserted into a document as either framed or inline images. Framed images are pictures that have a frame around them. The frame around a picture functions exactly the same as a frame around text. It contains the picture and determines the size and shape of the picture. An inline image has frame around it, but this frame is inserted within the current text frame. If text is inserted in front of the picture, the picture travels down the frame just like any text would. This means the picture will stay in the same area of the page as the text that surrounds it. Framed pictures, on the other hand, need to be moved by hand on the page. graphicsinserting There are three ways to insert a picture into a document: By selecting InsertPicture... from the menubar Using the keyboard shortcut: &Shift;F5 or by clicking on the toolbar. All three methods open a file selection dialogue. Use this dialogue to select the picture. Pressing Esc at this point will cancel the insertion of a picture into your document. Once the appropriate picture file is located, click on the filename once with the &LMB;. Click OK to continue. A new dialogue box appears. The right half of this dialogue box contains a preview window. The picture should be visible in this window. The left part of this box contains one button and two check boxes. Choose Image Click this button and &kword; will open a new file dialogue to open a different picture. Insert Picture Inline If there is a mark in this check box, the picture will be an inline picture. If there is no mark, a new frame will be created. For details on the differences, see the introduction. Retain original aspect ratio Aspect ratio is defined in the &kword; glossary. If a there is a mark in this check box, &kword; will not allow any change the aspect ratio of the picture. This prevents inappropriate stretching and compressing of the image. It will still be possible to change the overall size of the image, but it will not be possible to change the horizontal measurement without also changing the vertical measurement. If there is no mark in this check box, the horizontal and vertical sizes of the picture can be changed independently. To insert the picture, click OK. To abort the picture entirely, click Cancel. If an inline picture was selected, click with the mouse in the appropriate location. The picture will be inserted. If a framed picture was selected, the mouse cursor will change to crosshairs. Locate one corner of the location of the new picture frame with the mouse. Click and hold the &LMB; down. Drag the cursor to adjust the size of the picture frame. When the size of the picture frame is correct, release the &LMB;. &kword; will insert the picture into the frame, and resize the picture to fit within the frame. graphicschange the size of Resizing a picture is done by changing the size of the frame that surrounds it. &kword; will automatically change the picture to fill the entire frame. For information on changing the size of a frame, see Resizing frames. graphicsmoving The only way to move an inline image around on the page, is to alter the flow of the text that surrounds it. If this is causing problems, the picture can always be changed to a framed picture. To move a framed picture in &kword; is the same as moving any frame in &kword;. graphicsdeleting To delete a graphic in &kword;, simply delete the frame around it. graphicssaving in a separate file You can save a picture or graph to a separate file (for use in another document or to archive the graphic). Simply click once on the graphic with the &RMB;. A submenu will appear. Select Save Picture.... A dialogue will appear that will allow you to specify where to save the graphic. This does not remove the picture from the &kword; document file. It is simply a way to extract a picture from a document so it can be archived or used in another application. graphicsswitching between inline and framed Switching between inline pictures and framed pictures is easy in &kword;. To change in inline picture to a framed picture, click on the desired picture with the &LMB; once. This selects the frame of the picture. Now click and hold with the &RMB; and a submenu will appear. In the submenu, is a menu item labelled Inline frame, with a mark in front of it. Select this option by clicking with the &LMB;. The frame is now an independent and can be moved around freely. To change a framed picture into an inline picture, click on the desired picture with the &LMB; once. This selects the frame of the picture. Now click and hold with the &RMB; and a submenu will appear. In the submenu, is a menu item labelled Inline frame. Select this option by clicking with the &LMB;. &kword; has now converted this to an inline frame. &kword; tries to make a reasonable estimation of where in the text the inline image should be inserted.