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Google Docs Fundamentals Cropping Images If you need to adjust the image, double click the image. The crop and resize handles will be available to adjust as needed. Get rid of the placeholder and click the save and close button. This process of using placeholders did take a few extra steps but you’ll find it will be more helpful than just dumping images into the document. If you were to simply insert an image, Google Docs would place the image into the insertion point and move all your text to accommodate the image. This causes problems when adding multiple images. Your text will jump all over the place because it will try to accommodate the text wrapping options for other images. Try inserting multiple images without using this process and you’ll see why this is much better. 23 Digital Maestro
Google Docs Fundamentals Other Image Options Snapshot A snapshot uses the web-cam on your computer to take a picture. In the draw program click on the insert image button. Click on the take a snapshot option. Google and your browser use the Adobe Flash player to access your computer’s screen and devices. You need to grant the Flash player permission. Click on the ‘allow’ radio button and click the ‘close’ button. If you have a web camera connected to your computer, it will display anything that is shown in front. Mine is covered so you see the orange Post-It I put in front. Place something to take a picture of in front of the web cam. Below the web-cam stream is a button to take a snapshot. Click on this button. To use this snapshot, click the select button. The image will appear in the draw area. Use the same tools we learned about earlier to prepare this image. The web-cam snapshot option is great if you don’t have a digital camera handy. If you have access to take a picture with a digital camera I highly recommend you use it. The pixel resolution on web-cams is very low. With smart phones you can take a picture and use the Google Drive app to upload it into your drive for access here. A Picture From A URL URL is an acronym for Universal Resource Locator. A URL is a link to anything on the Internet. Using the URL for an image is not very common. There are several drawbacks when linking to a URL. The owner of the image can remove it or change the image location. In which case the image will no longer appear in your document. The image itself can be changed and the replaced image may not be what you want. You need to have the exact URL to the image in order for it to appear in your document. The benefits of using a linked image means you don’t have to download the image onto your computer. It’s best if you link to an image on your own Google Drive or web site. I’ll be using an image from Wikimedia Commons. The images in Wikimedia Commons use the Creative Commons License for its media. Find an image you want to use and right click on it. Select copy image location or copy image URL from the contextual menu. Digital Maestro 24
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