Once you open with MS Office 2010 you'll have a screen with your image and a button over the top that says "Edit Pictures." Click that button to get started with tools for cropping.
Once you've got what you want within the box click "OK" and you'll have a finished product ready to save.
A picture opened in Paint looks like the image below. To start cropping in Paint, simply click the "Select" box at the top of the page and choose what kind of shape you want your selection to be. We'll start with a simple rectangle.
After choosing what shape you need, highlight the area desired for the picture.
Highlighting an area will automatically give you the option to crop (located next to the selection area). Click crop and your image will now only encompass what was within the selection. That's it for cropping!
For this task, download this picture and crop the sides out, leaving only the castle in the picture.
Is there a reason to use Paint as opposed to Adobe? Is it just because we don't have access on most staff computers? Just wondering???
ReplyDeleteIs there a program called "MS Office"? I'm confused.
ReplyDeleteYes, I think that's why we chose Paint & Office, because all the staff computers should have MS Office (contains MS Word, Excel, etc.). If yours doesn't just go out to the public area and use a computer there (just don't forget the Tech Tag blog URL so you can get back to this page!)
ReplyDeleteAt the bottom of this post, right-click on the word "picture" where it says "For this task, download this picture..." and select "open in new window." A picture of a castle will open in a new window.
Then right-click on the image and select "save image as." In the next window, choose to save the image to your desktop and click Save. Close the window with the picture and you will see it on your desktop as "IMG_0085."
Right-click on IMG_0085 and select "Open with," choosing either Microsoft Office or Paint, and proceed with the cropping as described above.