Jay
Wed Dec 05 07:34:50 PST 2007
Open the photo in Windows Paint and add the labeling, or use a more capable
graphic editor such as Paint.Net (www.getpaint.net) or GIMP
(
http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html), both of which are free.
--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
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Catapult wrote:
> I am sorry I was not very clear. I cannot use the original photo.
> This is for a Standard Operating Procedure that has changed, so I had
> to take a new photo and update the text/lines. However after going
> through any possible font/effect/WordArt, I went back to the original
> file and found out that the text/lines were actually part of the
> photo. So it turns out she did not use Word to add the text/lines- so
> she inserted this file into the Word file from whatever she used. I
> will have to see if I can find out what she used.
>
> The options available through Word do not give me the options I need
> to have the text be legible and still be able to see the set-up in
> the photo. The SOP for training is printed in black and white. If I
> use any color text- no matter I what I do to it in Word it does not
> appear very clear.
>
> Thanks for trying to help though.
>
> "JoAnn Paules" wrote:
>
>> Murphy's Law strikes again.
>>
>> If you still have the original photo, start over again. (I know, I
>> hate those words too, but sometimes you have to.)
>>
>> --
>> JoAnn Paules
>> MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
>>
>> ~~~~~
>> How to ask a question
>>
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
>>
>>
>> "Catapult" <Catapult@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:4B95A496-6D6E-4895-8391-23187EAB88A8@microsoft.com...
>>> Well, I was able to get a hold of the Word document where the
>>> original photo
>>> was- that I was trying to duplicate with an updated photo. It
>>> appears this was done with a different program and pasted into
>>> Word. I am not able to grab
>>> or modify the text/arrows, they are part of the photo. Of course,
>>> the person
>>> that used to do this work is no longer here...
>>>
>>>
>>> "JoAnn Paules" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Sounds like you need an outline font. Or you can try WordArt.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> JoAnn Paules
>>>> MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
>>>>
>>>> ~~~~~
>>>> How to ask a question
>>>>
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Catapult" <Catapult@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:E4CCA953-8560-41BC-B296-4B2AB6ED8BED@microsoft.com...
>>>>> I am trying to insert text over a photo inserted into Word. I have
>>>>> copies
>>>>> of
>>>>> old documents that have black text/lines with a white background
>>>>> (ONLY around
>>>>> each letter/line). Any suggestions?