Microsoft
Photo Editor
Microsoft Photo Editor is an imaged editing program that is part of
Office Tools that comes with Office 97 and 2000. If you have installed
all of Microsoft Office, you already have this program. To locate
it, click Start, Find, Files or Folders and then type
Microsoft
Photo Editor in the "Named" line. After you locate it
this way, right click on it to create a shortcut on your desktop.
If you do not locate Photo Editor, insert the Office CD and locate Photo
Editor in the Office Tools.
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Start Photo Editor
Start Photo Editor
You can start Photo Editor from any program that supports OLE.
1. In the file you are working in, click where you want to insert
an image.
2. On the Insert menu, click Object.
3. Click the Create New tab.
4. In the Object type box, click Microsoft Photo Editor.
For Help on an option, click the question mark button and then
click the option.
Note: You can also start Photo Editor as a separate program
by using the same procedure that you use to start other programs.
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Embed an image
If you started Photo Editor as a separate program
1. On the Edit menu, click Select All.
2. On the Edit menu, click Copy.
3. Switch to the program where you want to embed the image.
4. Click where you want to embed the image.
5. On the Edit menu, click Paste Special.
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Quit Photo Editor
1. On the File menu, click Exit.
2. If you started Photo Editor from another program, click Exit
and Return to.
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Create a new image
1. On the File menu, click New.
2. Select the Image type you want.
3. Enter the Resolution, Height, and Width you want.
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Open an existing image
1. On the Standard toolbar, click Open.
2. In the Look in box, open the folder that contains the image.
For Help on opening a folder, click the question mark button and then
click the Look In box.
3. In the list of files, select the image.
4. Click Open.
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Preview
an image before opening it
1. On the Standard toolbar, click Open.
2. Locate the image you want to preview, and select it.
3. Click Preview.
4. To crop the image before opening it, drag the edges of the
selection frame in the preview window.
To resize the image before opening it, drag any corner of the selection
frame in the preview window.
5. To accept the image as modified and close the preview window,
click OK.
To close the preview window without changing the image, click Cancel.
To return the selection frame to the original margins, click Reset.
6. To open the image as cropped or resized, click OK.
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Create
a new image with a colored background
1. On the File menu, click New.
2. Click Color.
3. Click the color you want for the image background from the
Basic colors or Custom colors palette.
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Save a new image
1. On the Standard toolbar, click Save.
2. In the Save in box, click the drive and folder where you want
to save the image.
3. In the File name box, type a name for the image.
4. To change the number of colors or compression options, click
More.
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Save an existing image
On the Standard toolbar, click Save to save the active image
with its current file name, location, and format.
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Save a copy of
an image
1. On the File menu, click Save As.
2. In the File name box, type a new name for the image.
3. In the Save as type box, click the file format type
you want.
4. To change the number of colors or compression options, click
More.
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Choose
the quality factor for a JPEG image
1. On the File menu, click Save As.
2. If your image is not JPEG, click JPEG File Interchange
Format (*.jpg) in the Save as type box.
3. Click More.
4. Drag the JPEG Quality Factor slider to the setting you want.
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Close an active
image
On the File menu, click Close.
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Select
all or part of an image
To select all of the image, click Select All on the Edit menu.
To select part of an image, click Select button on the Standard
toolbar, and then drag over the area you want to select.
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Resize a selection
Do one of the following:
To move one side of the selection's bounding outline, move the pointer
over the sizing handle on that side until the pointer changes to a double-headed
arrow, and then drag the handle.
To change the height and width simultaneously, drag a corner handle.
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Rotate an image
To rotate an image 90 degrees clockwise:
Click Rotate 90º on the Standard toolbar.
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To otherwise
rotate an image
1. On the Image menu, click Rotate.
2. Choose the options you want.
3. If you select Arbitrary Angle, enter the number of degrees
of rotation you want in the Angle box, and click the clockwise or
counterclockwise
option.
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Zoom in or
out of an image
You can change the magnification in two ways:
On the Standard toolbar, click the arrow next to Zoom Control,
and then click the magnification you want.
On the Standard toolbar, click Zoom.
To zoom in, click the area you want to enlarge.
To zoom out, hold down SHIFT while you click.
Note: Each click doubles or halves the magnification within
the range of 10 percent to 1600 percent.
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Smudge part of
an image
The Smudge Brush smears or blends adjacent colors as the brush is dragged
across the image.
1. On the Standard toolbar, click Smudge .
2. Drag the pointer over the area you want to smudge.
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Sharpen part of an
image
The Sharpen Brush increases the difference between adjacent gray values
as the brush is dragged across the image.
1. On the Standard toolbar, click Sharpen.
2. Drag the pointer over the area you want to sharpen.
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Create
transparent areas in an image
You can use transparent areas to integrate an image into your document,
presentation, or Web page. For instance, if you have an image of a person
with a plain background, such as the sky or a wall, you can make the background
color transparent. When the image is printed in a Word document, the background
will have the color of the paper. In a PowerPoint presentation or Web page,
the transparent area will have the color of the background.
1. On the Standard toolbar, click Set Transparent Color
.
2. Position the tool over the color you want to make transparent,
and click.
The Change Color to Transparent dialog box appears.
3. The preview window shows the color that will change to transparent
when you click OK. You can modify the options to increase the range of
colors that will become transparent or to change the degree of transparency.
Note: Transparency is saved in different ways by different
graphics file formats.
Microsoft Photo Editor supports
three file formats that save transparency: GIF, TIFF, and PNG. Transparency
in an image is saved in two ways: as a transparent color or in an alpha
channel. GIF saves images as monochrome (line art) or 8-bit (grayscale
or 256-color) images. GIF saves all transparency values by substituting
a transparent color in place of the designated color. If you are concerned
about loss of image data, use TIFF or PNG to save your image. If you prefer
GIF and want to preserve all the image data, save a copy of your image
in another format before saving transparency conversions in GIF. TIFF saves
images as monochrome, 8-bit, or 24-bit (true color) images. In 24-bit images,
TIFF saves transparency in an alpha channel. For monochrome and 8-bit TIFF
images, however, Photo Editor does not save transparency. PNG saves
images as 8-bit or 24-bit images. In 24-bit images, PNG saves transparency
in an alpha channel. In 8-bit images, PNG substitutes a transparent color
on the palette.
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Adjust
the brightness of an image
The Brightness control changes the amount of white in all colors and
shades of gray.
1. On the Standard toolbar, click Image Balance.
2. Drag the Brightness slider to increase (100) or decrease (0)
the brightness.
To adjust all colors, select All Colors in the lower-left list
before dragging the slider. To adjust the color channels separately, select
Red,
Green, or Blue.
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Adjust
the contrast of an image
The Contrast control changes the difference between adjacent colors
or shades of gray.
1. On the Standard toolbar, click Image Balance.
2. Drag the Contrast slider to increase (90) or decrease (0)
the contrast.
To adjust all colors, select All Colors in the lower-left list
before dragging the slider. To adjust the color channels separately, select
Red,
Green, or Blue.
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Select
all or part of an image
To select the entire image, click Select All on the Edit menu.
To select part of an image, click Select button on the Standard
toolbar, and then drag over the area you want to select.
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Resize a selection
Do one of the following:
To move one side of the selection's bounding outline, move the pointer
over the sizing handle on that side until the pointer changes to a double-headed
arrow, and then drag the handle.
To change the height and width simultaneously, drag a corner handle.
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Copy all
or part of an image
1. Select all of the image by clicking Select All on the
Edit menu; or select part of an image by clicking Select button on the
Standard toolbar and then dragging over the area you want to select.
2. On the Edit menu, click Copy.
3. Open the document or image you want to copy the selection
into.
4. On the Edit menu, click Paste.
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Move
and paste a selection within the same image
1. Select part of an image by clicking Select button on the Standard
toolbar and then dragging over the area you want to move.
2. Drag the selection to a new location.
3. To paste the selection, click Select button on the Standard toolbar.
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Move
all or part of an image to a different image or file
1. Select all of the image by clicking Select All on the
Edit menu; or select part of an image by clicking Select button on the
Standard toolbar and then dragging over the area you want to select.
2. On the Edit menu, click Cut.
3. Open the image or file you want to move the selection into.
4. On the Edit menu, click Paste.
Tip: After the selection appears in the new image or file, you
can drag it to another location within the new image or file.
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Erase all or part of
an image
1. Select all of the image by clicking Select All on the
Edit menu; or select part of an image by clicking Select button on the
Standard toolbar and then dragging over the area you want to select.
2. On the Edit menu, click Cut.
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Cancel or remove a selection
To cancel an active selection, press ESC.
To cancel an existing selection and make a new one, drag over the new
area you want to select. You must start dragging outside of the existing
selection.
To remove a selection you just pasted, click Undo button on
the Standard toolbar.
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