File - Save As: It's simple to copy images to your hard drive so you can used them later in your word processor.
Point to a picture or image on this or any other website that you want to copy.
Right-click on the image.
Select File - Save As, note the filename (or you can change it to something meaningful to you), and give it a path on your computer that you'll remember (e.g., like My Documents and then My Pictures)....then OK.
You can now insert this image file into any of your word processing documents in the same manner
as any other image file.
Resizing your images: You can shrink your images without losing quality; if you enlarge them,
they may become pixelated and fuzzy at a certain point. Don't be afraid of trial-and-error; you are changing
a copy of the image you saved--not the original.
Position your cursor in your document wherever you want the
image to go. Click Insert, then Image, From File, double-click My Documents, then double-click My Pictures,
double-click on the image-file you want.
The safest way is to right-click on the image and click on format picture. Click on Size and note the
Height and Width. If you have other images and want to make them the same height or width, note the
original ratio between height and width and do the math. Alternatively, keep dividing them both by 2 until you have the image about
the right size.
You can click on the image. You will seen a box outlining the image and little boxes in each corner.
You can click these resize points and drag the image in or out to make it larger or
smaller. Be careful to keep the same aspect so the image doesn't get distorted. If you
mess it up too bad, delete it and start over.
Clipart: If you're creating a handout for your den and have copied the lyrics to Frosty the Snowman, you might opt to add a snowman image and
perhaps some other Christmas images.
You can do an internet search for: clipart Christmas snowman.
There are several websites on the internet that are repositories for various kinds of clipart. You can skip over the websites that are trying to sell clipart
via CD's, etc.--you can find plenty of free sites.
If you use anyone else's graphic for your website or for a publication (e.g., program booklet for
Blue & Gold or Cross Over), you should (as a courtesy) include an acknowledgement and (on a website) a linkback
to that website.
Decals & T-Shirt Transfers: If you have a color printer, you can buy special decal paper and make decals
of any images you find on the web. You can also setup elaborate designs that you can print to t-shirt transfers and then
iron onto shirts (e.g., Pack T-shirts and/or personalize them with scout's name).
You can, for example, setup a graphic of your Pack's numbers (e.g., "123" in white letters
on red background), print as decals, and adorn Pinewood derby cars, Blue & Gold candles or place
settings, etc.
This paper, however, tends to curl when heated and can be difficult to work with. Also, the image
might cake or bleed or otherwise not transfer completely. If the paper works, you can quickly knock
out decals in exquisite detail that you could not duplicate in hours of hand painting.
If you can't get this paper to feed through your printer, try taping or pasting the decal paper to a sheet of thin
bond paper. Be sure not to cover the business side of the decal paper.
If using your office color laser printer, you may need to use the manual feed for sheets
to minimize bending. Some lasers (e.g., HP) have a flip-down exit tray to further minimize the
bending your paper must endure.
Before you take orders for t-shirts or spend hours mocking up your design, try this paper out
on a small scale to ensure the results will be satisfactory.