To crop pictures

  1. Select the frame A shape used to hold text, pictures, graphics, PowerText or OLE objects. containing the picture you want to crop To select a part of the picture, imported bitmap, line-art file or OLE object or to be displayed in the document..

  2. From the Frame menu A list of available commands and actions in Publisher. Menu names are displayed in the menu bar at the top of the Publisher window., select Crop Picture. The Picture Cropping dialog box A window used to supply information to Publisher. appears with a preview of the picture in the preview window.

  3. In the preview window, do one of the following:

    Drag the mouse pointer The arrow-shaped cursor on the screen that follows the movement of the mouse and indicates which area of the screen will be affected when you press the mouse button. The pointer will change shape when you perform certain tasks. over the area of the picture you want to crop to. A box appears around the area you specified.

    Drag the edges of the box around the picture to specify the area you want to crop to.

  1. Drag the Zoom slider A box that you can drag to adjust the effect of the control e.g. the tint slider on a colour palette. to zoom in and out of the crop area you specified.

  2. If you want to specify the crop area again from scratch or want to restore the picture to its original state, click on the Reset button.

  3. Click on Close to close the dialog box.

Note:

The picture in your document The combination of text and pictures. Also called a Publisher DTP file. is cropped as you work in the Picture Cropping dialog box, giving you a better idea of the effect of your changes.

Tools:

Crop Picture