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Inserting Different Types of Graphics 559 Formatting pictures
When an inserted graphics image is selected, Excel adds the Picture Tools contextual tab to the Ribbon and automatically selects its sole Format tab.
The Format tab’s command buttons are arranged into five groups: Adjust, Picture Styles, Background Removal, Arrange, and Size. The Adjust group contains the following important command buttons:
✦ Remove Background to remove the background from the selected clip art image.
✦ Corrections to increase or decrease the picture’s sharpness or bright- ness and contrast by selecting a new preset thumbnail image or by clicking Picture Corrections Options to open the Format Picture dialog box, where you can adjust these settings with its Sharpen and Soften or Brightness and Contrast sliders.
✦ Color to open a drop-down menu, where you can select a new color thumbnail for the image or select a transparent color that drops out of the picture.
✦ Artistic Effects to apply a special effect filter to the image by select- ing one of the preset thumbnail images or by clicking Artistic Effects Options to open the Artistic Effects tab of the Format Picture dialog box, where you can select another filter to apply or reset the image by removing all previously applied filters.
✦ Compress Pictures to open the Compress Pictures dialog box, where you can compress all images in the worksheet or just the selected graphic image to make them more compact and thus make the Excel workbook somewhat smaller when you save the images as part of its file.
✦ Change Picture to open the Insert Picture dialog box, where you can select an image in a new graphics file to replace the picture. When replacing the currently selected picture with the new image, Excel auto- matically sizes and formats the new image with the settings applied to the old.
✦ Reset Picture button to remove all formatting changes made and return the picture to the state it was in when you originally inserted it into the worksheet.
You can also format a picture by opening the Format Picture task pane opened by right-clicking the image and then choosing Format Picture from its shortcut menu. Then, click the appropriate button — Fill & Line, Effects, Size & Properties, or Picture — to access the appropriate formatting options.
Book V Chapter 2
Adding Graphic Objects