[mso] Re: icons toolbars
- From: "Dian Chapman" <dian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 02:21:20 -0500
Unfortunately, that's how you have to do it to "cut out" the smaller
part you want. However, you may be making the job harder if you're not
familiar with how the Selection tool works within graphics programs. Say
you dump the shot into Paint. Notice the two types of "Selection" tools.
They look like a dotted square for the square selection tool and a start
(or something similar in other programs) for the freehand selection
tool.
After dumping the shot in Paint, the picture will still be selected. I
click the star tool and then go back and reselect the square selection
tool to take the focus off the image dump. Then rather than cutting away
what you don't want, just cut out what you do want. Click and drag
around the icon or toolbar. Then hit Ctrl/C to copy the image and Ctrl/V
to paste it back. In my usual program, Paint Shop Pro, this method will
paste the image into a new frame. In Paint, it just dumps the image
right back in the upper corner of the current image. To make the view
easier to see, you can quickly click File/New and dump the shot and then
hit Ctrl/V to paste the tiny new image onto a clean page. In Paint, keep
the image sized as is and keep it selected. Then click Edit/CopyTo to
save just the selected item out as a small image. If you click File/Save
or Save As, it'll save the entire canvas, white space and all. But if
you use the Edit/CopyTo method, only the selected item is saved out.
Yeah, it would be faster to just select the item off the original shot
and go right to Edit/CopyTo to save off the selected item, but since I
use many graphics programs and they all work in different way, I use
this same method to ensure I get it right in all apps. Plus you may need
to see it cleanly to make any drawing or text modifications before you
select it again to save out. This way you have a clean canvas in which
to work.
Hope that helps!
Dian Chapman
Technical Consultant,
Microsoft MVP & TechTrax Editor
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-----Original Message-----
From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of cadcamcenter
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 1:28 AM
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mso] icons toolbars
Hi everyone,
(sorry if this is a duplicate posting, trying to figure out how to
post)
I'm trying to produce some notes for students using MS Word where I
have to insert text windows and paste graphics such as a screen-shot
toolbars (example the draw toolbar in MS Word) and icons (example,
the icon representing "format paint" represented by a picture of a
paintbrush)
For screenshot, I have learned to use Alternate+PrintScreen, followed
by Paste). However, to get the toolbars and/or the small icon, I had
to use Alt-PrnScrn, then paste into a draw program such as Paint or
Photoshop, then erase and/or trim the unwanted part. This is proving
to be very cumbersome plus hard to control the size and resolution.
Does anyone know how to copy and paste toolbars and/or icons into
WORD documents
Thanks a million
Peter
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