Lesson 3.

Integrating Images
and External
Materials
Prepared by:
ALYZA B. DURAN
• Integrating or inserting pictures
in your document is fun and it
improves the impression of your
document.
• A common use of inserting a
picture on a document is when
you are creating a resume.
• A better understanding of the physical
form of your document as well as the
different materials you integrate in it would
allow you to be more efficient and versatile
in using Microsoft Word.
• Let us consider the interesting aspects of
inserting or integrating images and other
external materials which is categorized as
an advanced feature.
UNLOCK YOUR IDEAS
1. What do you call this part of the
Microsoft word?
. What type of picture is shown?
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a.PNG.
b.GIF.
c.JPG.
3 . What type of picture is shown?
a.PNG.
b.GIF.
c.JPG.
4 . What type of picture is shown?
a.PNG.
b.GIF.
c.JPG.
5. What type of image placement is used in the
picture?

a) Through
b) Top and Bottom
c) Behind Text
d) In Front of Text
6. What type of image placement is used in
the picture?

a) Through
b) Top and Bottom
c) Behind Text
d) In Front of Text
7. What type of image placement is
used in the picture?

a) In line with Text

b) Square
c) Tight
d) Through
Kinds of Materials

The illustrations group menu under the

Insert tab showing the kinds of materials
you can integrate with MS Word.
 1. Pictures
Generally, 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.
1. Pictures
A. .JPG – This is short form for .jpeg or
Joint Photographic Experts
Group.
B. .GIF – This stands for Graphics
Interchange Format.
C. .PNG – It stands for Portable
Network Graphics.
 2. Clip Arts
This is generally a .GIF type; line art
drawings or images used as generic
representation for ideas and objects that
you might want to integrate in your
document.
Clip Arts
Clip Arts
 3. Shapes
These are printable objects or materials that
you can integrate in your document to
enhance its appearance or to allow you to
have some tools to use for composing and
representing ideas or messages.
Shapes
Shapes
1. On the Insert tab, click Shapes.
2. Click the shape you want, click anywhere
in the workspace, and then drag to place
the shape.
3. To create a perfect square or circle (or
constrain the dimensions of other
shapes), press and hold Shift while you
drag.
 4. Smart Art
These are predefined sets of different
shapes grouped together to form
ideas that are organizational or
structural in nature.
 5. Chart
Allows you to represent data characteristics
and trends. This is useful when you are
preparing reports that correlate and
present data in a graphical manner.
 Charts
Chart Title Sales
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Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 4

Series 1 Series 2 Series 3 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr
6. Screenshot
Nothing can get you more realistic image than a
screenshot. Microsoft Word has a snipping tool
for your screenshots so you can select and
display only the part that you exactly like to
capture on your screen.
Image Placement
1. In line with Text
2. Square
3. Tight
4. Through
5. Top and Bottom
6. Behind Text
7. In Front of Text