Excel 2010 Bible

Part III: Creating Charts and Graphics

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Microsoft Office includes lots of clip art images, and you access them via the Clip Art task pane.

This task pane provides an easy way to locate and insert images into a worksheet.

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The Clip Art task pane also allows you to insert sound and video files, and gives you direct access to the
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Display the Clip Art task pane by choosing Insert ➪ Clip Art. You can search for clip art by using

the controls at the top of the task pane. Figure 22.15 shows the task pane, along with the thumb-

nail images resulting from a search for “people”. To insert an image into the active worksheet, just

double-click the thumbnail. For additional options, right-click the thumbnail image.

FIGURE 22.15

Use the Clip Art task pane to search for clip art and other multimedia files.

If you can’t find a suitable image, go online and browse through the extensive clip art at the

Microsoft Clip Gallery Live Web site. Click the Find More at Office.com link (at the bottom of the

task pane), and your Web browser will be activated, at which point you can view the images (or

listen to the sounds) and add those you want to your Clip Organizer.

Inserting graphics files

If the graphic image that you want to insert is available in a file, you can easily import the file into

your worksheet. Choose Insert ➪ Picture. Excel displays its Insert Picture dialog box, from which

you can browse for the file.