Changing the appearance of images

WordPerfect includes tools that let you change the way an image looks. You can enlarge or reduce an image. You can crop an image. You can adjust the color attributes and change the fill for an image. You can also convert a color image to black and white. After you make changes, you can restore an image to its original appearance.


To enlarge or reduce an image

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Right-click an image, and click Image tools.
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Open the Zoom flyout, and click the Zoom in/zoom out WordPerfect Office pgx zoominout Changing the appearance of images tool.
A scroll bar displays at the right side of the image.
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Click the arrows at the top or bottom of the scroll bar to enlarge or reduce the image.

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You can click the Zoom actual size WordPerfect Office pgx zoomact Changing the appearance of images tool in the Zoom flyout to restore the image to its original size.
 
You can use precise values to change the image size by clicking Edit attributes, enabling the Scale image option, and specifying a value in the Scale X and Scale Y boxes.

To crop an image

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Right-click an image, and click Image tools.
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Open the Zoom flyout, and click the Crop image WordPerfect Office pgx cropimag Changing the appearance of images tool.
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Point to the image until the pointer changes to a magnifying glass.
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Using the magnifying glass pointer, marquee select the part of the image that you want to crop.
The area you select fills the graphics box.

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Click the Zoom actual size WordPerfect Office pgx zoomact Changing the appearance of images tool in the Zoom flyout to restore the image to its original size.

To adjust color attributes for an image

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Adjust the contrast
Right-click an image, and click Image tools. Open the Contrast picker, and click a contrast level.
Adjust the brightness
Right-click an image, and click Image tools. Open the Brightness picker, and click a brightness level.
Invert colors
Right-click an image, and click Image tools. Click Invert colors.

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Clicking Invert colors a second time returns the colors to their original values.
 
You can specify a precise value for brightness or contrast by clicking Edit attributes, enabling the Color attributes option, and specifying a value in the Contrast and Brightness boxes.

To change the fill for an image

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Right-click an image, and click Image tools.
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Open the Fill picker, and click one of the following attributes:
Normal — displays the image normally
Transparent — displays text or a background through the image
White — displays an outline of the image

To convert a color image to black and white

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Right-click an image, and click Image tools.
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Open the BW threshold picker, and click a gray value.

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Any colors darker than the threshold become solid black. Any colors lighter than the threshold become solid white.

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You can specify a precise threshold value by clicking Edit attributes, enabling the B&W attributes option, enabling the Black and white check box, and typing a value in the Threshold box. Higher numbers produce a darker image.

To restore an image to its original appearance

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Right-click an image, and click Image tools.
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Click Reset attributes.

Changing the appearance of images