2. By the end of this lesson, you should be
familiar with:
1. How-to embed or link to pictures from files
2. How-to resize and format a picture
3. How-to add SmartArt graphics
4. How-to modify a SmartArt graphic
Lesson Objectives
4. Click the Insert tab then
click the Picture button in
the Illustration group
In the Insert Picture
dialog box choose a
picture to insert
Click the picture, then
click Insert to embed it or
click the Insert list arrow
and choose Link to File to
link to the picture file.
Inserting a Picture File
5. Format Tab Group Options
Adjust Brightness, Contrast, Recolor, Compress Pictures,
Change Picture, Reset Picture
Picture Styles 28 predesigned picture formats; Picture shape,
border and effects
Arrange Bring to Front, Send to Back, Selection Pane,
Align, Group, Rotate
Size Crop, Shape Height, Shape Width
Formatting a Picture
7. Click the Insert tab then click the SmartArt
button in the Illustrations group
Choose a SmartArt graphic from the available
categories
Click shapes and add text as necessary
Adding a SmartArt
Graphic
8. { Choose from one of the many SmartArt graphics
SmartArt Dialog Box
9. Category Use to Illustrate
List Related data in a hierarchical, sequential, or
nonsequential groups
Process Data in a progression, sequence, timeline, flow, process,
or other directional relationship
Cycle Data the flows in a circular sequence
Hierarchy Data that is related in a horizontal or vertical hierarchical
form
Relationship Data in interrelated, opposing, or concurring
relationships
Matrix Part of a whole along two axes
Pyramid Data in a proportional, interconnected, or hierarchical
relationship
SmartArt Categories
10. By going to the SmartArt Tools Design tab,
you can change the Layout and Style of the
graphic
By going to the SmartArt Tools Format tab,
you can change the appearance of the
individual objects and text in the graphic
Modifying a Graphic
11. Go HERE to read and practice using SmartArt
graphics in Excel 2007
SmartArt Graphics on
Office.com