Make your photos more exciting in office

The shapes tool in word, power point , outlook and publisher (but not one note)is an easy way to insert different shapes photos into a document. The trick is to insert the shape in your document first and then add a picture of your choice as a custom background.

 To do this, click the insert Ribbon tab, then shapes. Choose a shape from the list that appears, then click and drag to adjust the shape. Right-click this new shape, then click format shape. Next, click fill then ‘Picture or texture fill’. Click the file button and choose the photo you want to use. If you use small picture, you may want to tile picture as texture option. To do this in office 2007, right click the shape, then click format auto shape.

                           Click fill effect in the colors and lines tab then picture and select picture. Click ok to add the picture to our shape. Click ok to close format shape window.