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To Resize A Picture

This document provides instructions for basic picture editing functions in Microsoft Picture It! Express, including resizing pictures, adding and formatting text, and accessing help resources. Key steps include selecting the Format menu to resize a picture, clicking Insert Text to add a text box, selecting text to change formatting options like font, size, and color, and pressing F1 to access the online help system. The help system provides troubleshooting, support, and a way to search or browse topics using contents and index.

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To Resize A Picture

This document provides instructions for basic picture editing functions in Microsoft Picture It! Express, including resizing pictures, adding and formatting text, and accessing help resources. Key steps include selecting the Format menu to resize a picture, clicking Insert Text to add a text box, selecting text to change formatting options like font, size, and color, and pressing F1 to access the online help system. The help system provides troubleshooting, support, and a way to search or browse topics using contents and index.

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24 Chapter 4: Picture It!

Basics

To resize a picture:
1. On the Format menu, click Resize Image.
2. Click one of the following to lock the setting:
• Image size
• Pixel dimensions
• Resolution
3. Enter amounts for the settings you want to change.
4. Click Done.

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Applying Text
You can add text to any picture and easily change the text font, font color, font
size, alignment, and emphasis. You start by adding a text box, and then you edit
the text in the box. A text box is its own layer on the Stack.

To add text:
1. On the Text menu, click Insert Text.
A text box appears.
2. Type your text. As you add text, the text box will automatically expand
vertically to fit all of your text.
3. To change the width of the text box, select the text box and drag one of
the side resize handles.
4. To move the text box, select it, hover the mouse pointer over the edge
of the text box until the move handle appears, and then drag the move
handle.

Once you've added the text, you can select the text to edit it. You can also select
the text and use the toolbar buttons to change formatting. When text is selected,
the following tools are available on the toolbar for formatting:
• The font menu lets you choose between 140 different fonts.
• The font size menu lets you choose font sizes from 8 to 620 points.
• The font color button lets you choose from a standard palette of colors
or choose a custom color.
• The Bold button adds bold formatting to the text.
• The Italic button adds italic formatting to the text.
• The Underline button underlines the text.
• The Alignment button has menu choices for Left, Right, Center, and
Justify.

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26 Chapter 4: Picture It! Basics

Accessing Help Help Resources


from the keyboard There are multiple ways that you can learn more about using Picture It!. In
You can access the addition to this User's Manual, there is the online Help system, and the product
online Help system at Tour. The following sections describe the types of information available.
any time by pressing F1
on the keyboard. Online Help
Picture It! online Help is the most comprehensive of the Help resources. It
provides step-by-step instructions, overviews, troubleshooting topics, techni-
cal support, and the “What’s wrong with this picture” diagnostic tool. Help
includes several ways to find information, including a table of contents, a
keyword index, and a full-text search.
This diagram identifies the main features of the Help window.

1. The Show/Hide button Click this button to expand or collapse the left
pane of the Help window.
2. The Back button Click this button to go back to the last Help topic.
3. The Options menu This menu has options to print a topic or to set
options such as Internet Options, where you can change the font size in
the Help window.
4. The content pane Displays the current Help topic.
5. The close button closes the Help window.

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