MICROSOFT WORD:
TEXT WRAP AND
INTEGRATING
EXTERNAL MATERIALS
LESSON 3.1
Kinds of Materials that can be
integrated in MS Word
•One important thing to remember in
using these materials is that images and
other materials are not to be inserted as
images for design purposes only, but they
are used to enhance or improve the
effectiveness of the message you want to
convey.
1. Pictures
•These are electronic or digital pictures or
photographs you have saved in any local storage
device.
•There are three commonly used types of picture
files. You can identify them by the extension on their
file names.
Commonly used types of Picture Files:
•.JPG– this is pronounced as “jay-peg” and is the short
term for JPEG(Joint Photographic Experts Group) .
Can support 16.7 million colors (suitable for use
when working with full color photographic images)
Does not support transparency (can be difficult to
integrate in terms of blending with other materials)
Relatively small in file size
Common file type used in transmission of photos
in the World Wide Web.
Commonly used types of Picture Files:
•.PNG (Portable Network Graphics) –
pronounced as “ping”. It was built around the
capabilities of GIF and its development is
basically for the purpose of transporting
images on the Internet at faster rates.
Also good with transparencies but does not
support animation.
Can support up to 16 million colors
Commonly used types of Picture Files:
•.GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
Capable of displaying transparencies (good for
blending with other materials)
Capable of displaying simple animation
(though it may not be useful in printed
document)
Can only support up to 256 colors (good
mostly on logos and art decors with very
limited and solid colors)
2. Clip Art
•Generaly a .GIF type.
•Line art drawings or images used
as generic representation for
ideas and objects.
3. Shapes
•These are printable objects or materials
that you can integrate in your document
to enhance its appearance.
4. Smart Art
• These are predefined sets of different shapes grouped
together to form ideas that are organizational or
structural in nature.
• Can be used to graphically represent an organization, a
process, relationships or flow for infographics
documents.
5. Chart
•Allows you to represent data characteristics
and trends.
•Quite useful when preparing reports that
correlate and present data in graphical
manner.
6. Screenshot
•Microsoft Word provides snipping tool for your
screen shots so you can select and display only the
part that you exactly like to capture on your screen.
Image
Placement
Text Wrap
•Adjusts how the image
behaves around other
objects or texts.
1. In Line with Text
•Default setting for images inserted in the
document.
•Treats your image like a text font with the bottom
side totally aligned with the text line.
•Usually used when image is put at the beginning of
the paragraph.
•When image is placed in between texts, it distorts
the overall appearance and arrangement of the
texts.
2. Square
•Allows the image you inserted to be
placed anywhere within the
paragraph with the text going around
the image in a square pattern like a
frame.
3. Tight
•Almost the same as the Square setting,
but here the text “hugs” or conforms to
the general shape of the image.
•Can mostly be achieved if you are using
an image that supports transparency like
a .GIF or .PNG file.
4. Through
•Allows the text on your document
to flow even tighter, taking the
contours and shape of the image.
•Can be best used with a .GIF or
.PNG file.
5. Top and Bottom
•This setting pushes the texts away
vertically to the top and/or the
bottom of the image so that the
image occupies a whole text line on
its own.
6. Behind Text
•Allows your image to be dragged and
placed anywhere on your document
but with all the text floating in front
of it.
•It effectively makes your image look
like a background.
7. In Front of Text
•Allows your image to be placed right
on top of the text as if your image
was dropped right on it. Whatever
part of the text you placed the image
on, it will be covered by the image.
