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While composing documents in Word, you may wish to swiftly add images of an open application on your computer screen into your text.
Microsoft Word 2013 provides numerous useful features, and one of them is capturing screen images. With the Screenshot Tool, you can quickly capture computer screen images and insert them into Word documents.
This article below guides you on how to capture screen images using the Screenshot Tool and edit images after capturing in Word 2013.
Capturing Screen Images Using Screenshot Tool in Word 2013
To begin, open the programs or applications you wish to capture.
Method 1: On the Word interface, select the Insert tab on the Ribbon, then in the Illustrations section, choose Screenshot.
Here, you will see the programs and applications open on your desktop. Select the program or application you want to capture.
The images of the selected programs and applications will be displayed in Word.
Method 2: Select Insert -> Screenshot -> Screen Clipping.
At this point, the screen will display a blurred white color. Move the mouse to the starting position, then press and hold the mouse and drag to the end of the area you want to capture.
When you release the mouse cursor, the image you just selected will be displayed in Word.
Editing Images After Capture
When you select the image just captured with the Screenshot Tool, the Format tab of Picture Tools appears on the Ribbon. The Format tab contains many tools to help you enhance the image.
Picture Styles: You can choose a style for the image in this section. Additionally, you can press the More icon to display more image styles.
Picture Border: To create a border for the image, select Picture Border and choose the border color (Theme Colors), border thickness (Weight), and border style (Dashes).
Enhancing Images with Picture Effects: Microsoft Word 2013 offers a plethora of effects for images within Word. Select Picture Effects and choose from effects like: Shadow (adding shadows), 3D Rotation (3D effects)...
Adjusting Position: Here, you can choose the position of the image within the document page. You have various options in the With Text Wrapping section.
Rotating Images: This tool allows you to rotate the image with options like: Rotate Right 90o (rotate clockwise 90 degrees), Rotate Left 90o (rotate counterclockwise 90 degrees), Flip Vertical (flip vertically), Flip Horizontal (flip horizontally). If these rotations don't suit your needs, you can choose more rotation options in the More Rotation Options section.
Cropping Images: You can crop the image as desired by selecting Crop in the Crop section, or you can crop the image to any shape you choose in the Crop to Shape section.
Thus, you no longer need the assistance of other applications to quickly capture screen images using the Screenshot Tool in Word 2013. Wishing you success!
