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Insert an image from the Microsoft Gallery | Download an image from Microsoft Office Online
Copy an image from Microsoft Office Online | Information on image files

How to insert an image from the Microsoft Gallery
Microsoft comes loaded with a gallery that has several images for you to use.

To insert one of these images into your Word Document:
1. From your open Word document go to Insert and choose Picture and then Clip Art. This will open into the gallery.
2. To search the gallery, type in a keyword (such as Books) in the Search for clips box and then press Enter.
3. Click on the image you would like to insert and an icon menu will appear. Click the first icon, which is Insert clip.
4. Close out of the gallery and return to your document.
- The image should now be in your document. You may need to format and size the image.

How to download an image from Microsoft Office Online
If you want to download more images you can search Microsoft Office online (you must have Internet access).

1. From your open document go to Insert and choose Picture and then Clip Art. This will open into the gallery.
2. At the top of the gallery box go to Clips Online (if prompted by a dialogue box about Internet access choose OK). You are now in the Microsoft Office Online webpage.
3. Under the Search drop down menu choose Clip art and then type in a keyword that pertains to your search, such as books. Click Go.
* There will most likely be several images displayed. You may want to browse before you decide what to use.
4. If there are several images that you want to download click on the box below the image to add them to your Selection Basket.
5. When you have selected all of the images that you want to download, go to Selection Basket on the left side of the page.
6. Choose Download # Items (the exact number of items you have chosen will be written where the # is).
7. A download page will open. Click the Download Now button. (A dialogue box about licensing may appear, if so, choose accept or your clips will not load.)
8. A File Download dialogue box will then come up. Choose Open. Do not choose Save.
-The images will now be in your gallery. You can access them by using the instructions from How to insert an image from the Microsoft Gallery.

How to copy an image from Microsoft Office Online
If you want to insert one image from Microsoft Office Online directly into your document:

1. From your open document go to Insert and choose Picture and then Clip Art. This will open into the gallery.
2. At the top of the gallery box go to Clips Online (if prompted by a dialogue box about Internet access choose OK). You are now in the Microsoft Office Online webpage.
3. Under the Search drop down menu choose Clip art and then type in a keyword that pertains to your search, such as books. Click Go.
4. Place your cursor over the image. A box will appear with an arrow (signifying a drop down box). Click on the arrow and then choose Copy.
5. Close out of the gallery and go back into your document.
6. Place the cursor where you would like the image to be inserted and then go to Edit and choose Paste (you can also use the Paste icon or the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + V).
- The image should now be in your document. You may need to format and size the image.

Some information on image files
The tiff, the jpg, and the gif…What's the difference? Size and clarity.

-The TIFF is the largest and the clearest, best for saving photographs.

-The JPEG is small but does not have the best clarity.

-The GIF is small and clear, good for web graphics.

If you want to learn more about the different types of image files go to http://www.scantips.com/basics09.html