Inserting Pictures into OneNote

In Chapter 12, "A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words," you learned how to draw pictures in OneNote. In addition to drawing your own pictures, you can insert pictures or other graphics into OneNote pages. Figure 13.5 shows how a few pictures and graphics can enhance a note.

Figure 13.5. You can add pictures and images to your note pages.

To insert a picture into a OneNote page, use the following steps:

1. Position your mouse cursor on your OneNote page, either in a new note container or an existing note container.

2. Choose Insert, Picture to display the Insert Picture dialog shown in Figure 13.6.

   Figure 13.6. Choose the picture you want to insert.

   

3. Click to select the picture you want to insert.

4. Click Insert.

tip

This method can be helpful for quickly creating Side Notes. Just leave a Side Note open on the screen. Then drag the Web address from Internet Explorer to the Side Note and release.

You might notice that in Figure 13.7, there are two pictures visible on the note page. The picture on the right is pasted within a note container; the picture on the left is not. You can tell the difference by looking for the note container's handle, only visible in the right figure.

Figure 13.7. You can insert a picture in a note container or by itself.

When you attempt to insert a picture, if your cursor is in a note container that contains text or writing, the picture is contained in the same note container. If your cursor isn't currently in a note container when you insert the picture, the picture is inserted directly in the OneNote page.

Inserting ClipArt

OneNote doesn't have a ClipArt feature like other Microsoft Office programs, but you can still insert ClipArt into your OneNote page. To insert ClipArt from Microsoft Online, use the following steps:

1. Navigate to the Microsoft ClipArt Web site at http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx.

2. Choose a collection or search for a particular image (see Figure 13.8).

   Figure 13.8. Choose from a variety of ClipArt objects.

   

3. Hover over the image you want to insert. A drop-down arrow will appear to the right of the image. Click the arrow and choose Copy.

4. Return to OneNote and click to create a new note container (or click within an existing note container).

5. Choose Edit, Paste to paste the ClipArt into OneNote.

caution

Resizing an image by using the top, bottom, or side handles might distort the image. To prevent distortion use the corner handles.

Resizing Your Images

Once you've inserted a picture or an image into OneNote, you can change the size to fit your needs. Most pictures and ClipArt images, for example, will be much larger than you need them to be. To resize an image, click to select the image. When you do, you'll notice that a dotted border appears around the image and eight small rectangles (called handles) appear at the corners and sides of the image, as shown in Figure 13.9. To resize the image, position your mouse pointer over one of the eight handles. Drag the mouse in any direction to resize the image. If you use the corner handles to resize the image, you'll maintain the same relative width and height of the image. If you want to change the width or height independent of each other, use the handles at the top, bottom, or sides of the image.

Figure 13.9. You can use the picture handles to resize the picture.