Word 2007 provides a variety of tools for controlling the presentation of graphics. To the extent possible, use the Ribbon to apply the basic effects, then use additional tools to refine the effect for more precision, if needed. The Picture Styles Gallery provides a variety of different presentation styles.

Double-click a picture to activate the Picture Tools?Format tab. In the Picture Styles group, shown in Figure 9-40, click the More tool to expose more of the gallery.

As shown in Figure 9-41, when you move the mouse, each style is applied to the selected picture (or pictures). Note that the speed of Live Preview is heavily affected by the size of the graphic file. If the picture is 2MB, then Live Preview is going to be a lot slower than if the file is only 50K in size.

Picture Effects
Additional effects can be applied and refined using the Picture Effects tool, also contained in the Picture Styles group. There literally are millions of different permutations of effects you can apply, a small sampling of which is shown in Figure 9-42. Take a few years off to explore the different combinations.

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