
To do this, go to the Insert tab and click the Picture Placeholder button in the Illustrations group. Most notably this happens when a group of objects such as several shapes with textboxes want to be saved as one whole image. On the Picture tab, under Transparency, drag the Transparency slider or click the. Do one of the following: If your design is a picture, clip art, or WordArt, flip it horizontally. Right-click the shape and select Format Picture from the context menu. Resize by dragging: Select the object, move the mouse pointer over one of the handles and then click and drag the mouse. Use the white square edit points to change the curvature of the line between two black edit points. Drag the black edit points to change the shape. However, if you just draw a square shape to represent a picture, you'll have to go back later and delete the shape, then insert/format the picture. That's a lot of work! Instead, you can add an image placeholder. Under Paper, in the Size box, select Letter. After selecting an object, maybe a picture or a text box, you have a number of options for resizing the object. On the toolbar, select the Shape Format tab, and in the Insert Shape group, select Edit Shape > Edit Points.

Sometimes when you're creating a publication, you may want to design the page layout first. Perhaps you want to create the text boxes (for text) and draw squares where the pictures will be. In other words, you want to get the layout as you want it before you start adding the elements. It's easy enough to draw a text box, then add text later, as you'll learn later. Let's look at an example of how they're used. Additionally, Shapes can be Resized in the same way as Images in Publisher. Inserted Shapes can be edited in Publisher 2013 in various ways, such as adding text and changing the outline and fill of the Shape. Creating a Placeholder for ImagesĪn image placeholder does just as the name implies. It basically reserves space in a publication where an image will be inserted later. Shapes are Inserted through a Shape gallery in the Insert Tab and by subsequently dragging the shape into the publication Workspace. You can use the Arrange Thumbnails button under the Picture Tools Format tab to arrange images in the scratch area. The images in your scratch area are listed here as well. Right-click the shape or drawing object that has the attributes you want to use as the default.
