Empowerment Technology

1. Integrating Images
and External
Materials in MS
Word
LIEZL Q. SURMION-MARAGNUIT
Presenter
Mindanao State University-Graduate School
General Santos City

2. Integrating or inserting pictures in your documents 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 your resume.
Through seemingly simple to do, your knowledge on
the different kinds of materials that you can integrate
in a Word document and its characteristics can help
you create a more efficient, richer document not only
in content but also in physical form. 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 MS Word.

3. Kinds of Materials
There are various kinds of materials MS Word is
capable of integrating to make your document richer,
more impressive, and more informative.

5. Images and other materials are not only inserted
for design purposes only, but they are used to
enhance or improve the effectiveness of the of
the images you want to convey.
Here are some of the materials inserted:
1. Pictures-these are electronic or digital or
photographs saved in any local storage device.
a.) .JPG- pronounced as “jay-peg,” and is short
form for .jpeg or Joint Photographic Experts
Group. This type of image file can support 16.7
million colors that is why it is suitable for use when
working with full color photographic images.

6. It does not support transparency
and therefore, images of this file
type can be difficult to integrate in
terms of blending with other
materials in your documents. .JPG
does not work well on lettering,
line drawing, or simple graphics.
.JPG images are relatively small in
file size.

9. b.) .GIF- Stands for Graphics Interchange Format.
This type of image file is capable of displaying
transparencies. It is good for blending with
other materials in your documents. It is also
capable of displaying simple animation. This
may not be too useful on printed document
but if you are sending documents
electronically or through email, then this could
be quite impressive. .GIF can only support to
256 colors so it is good mostly on logos and art
decors with very limited, and generally solid
colors.

14. c.) .PNG- Pronounced as “ping.” It
stands for Portable Network Graphics.
It was built around the capabilities of
.GIF. It is also good with transparencies
but unlike .GIFs, it does not support
animation but it can display up to
about 16 millions colors. .PNG allows
the control of the transparency level
or capacity of images

16. 3. Clip Art- line art drawings or images used
as generic representation for ideas and
objects.
4. Shapes- there are printable objects or
materials that can integrate in your document
to enhance appearance or to allow some
tools to use for composing ideas or messages.
5. Smart Art -predefined sets of different
shapes group together to form ideas that are
organizational or structural in nature.

17. 6. Text Wrap- adjust how the image behave
around the objects or text.
7. Chart- type of material that allows you to
represent data characteristics and trends.
Useful when you preparing reports that
correlate and present data in a graphical
manner.
8. Screenshot- using this material are more
realistic image like when you are creating
reports or manuals for trainings or
procedures.

33. Reference:
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