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 Northumberland LEA ClipArt

Instructions

 

Copying an image

Copying an image allows you to make a temporary copy of an image from a web page which you can then paste into a program such as Pages, Word or Publisher.

If you are doing this for the first time it helps to start up Pages, or whatever package you will want to paste into, before you begin the copying process.
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Select the clipart category you would like to use.

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In this example we are going to use the Nursery Rhymes clipart so LEFT CLICK the mouse over the 'Jack be quick' image.
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The Nursery Rhymes clipart menu should load into your Internet browser.
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RIGHT CLICK the mouse over the
'2 little birdiescol.jpg' image.

A menu window will appear.

Move the mouse pointer over COPY and LEFT CLICK the mouse.

This will copy the small 2 little birdiescol.jpg image onto the computer's clipboard.
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The image you have copied can now be pasted into another program.

If you have a program such as Pages already running, click on the Pages Icon at the bottom of the screen.

If you do not have a suitable program running then go to START and run a program such as Pages, Word or Publisher which will allow you to paste things into it.
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In our example we have Pages running.

LEFT CLICK the mouse on the Pages page where you would like to paste the image.
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Now LEFT CLICK the mouse over the paste brush icon at the upper right of the screen.

You should have successfully pasted the image into Pages.

(If your paste brush is 'greyed out' it means you have either not clicked on the page or properly copied the 2 little birdies image - if so go back to stage 4).
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To copy a larger image.

Go back to the Clipart menu and LEFT CLICK on the thumbnail of the image you would like a large copy of.

In our example we will LEFT CLICK on the '2 little birdiescol.jpg'.

 
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Your Internet browser should load the large image page.
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Just as before we are going to copy the image.

First RIGHT CLICK the mouse over the large image.

Then LEFT CLICK on Copy.
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Go to the program you want to paste into.

LEFT CLICK on the page where you want to paste the image.

Now LEFT CLICK on the paste brush icon to paste the image.

Saving an image

Saving an image is really a very similar process. The only difference is that with Copy you have a temporary image on the computer's clipboard.

With save you can keep a copy on the computer's hard disc or a floppy disc.

 
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RIGHT CLICK over the image you want to save and the LEFT CLICK on 'Save picture as'.
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A menu will appear which allows you to select where the image will be saved and also what format it will be saved in.

Make sure you know where you are saving your image - look in the save in box towards the top of the menu window.

We are saving our image in the 'My Documents' folder.
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Change the the file name to bopeep.

Lastly, the save as type has been changed to Bitmap.
This is only necessary if you want to use the image in Dazzle. Normally you should leave the Save as type as JPEG.
JPEG use less memory when saved and so will take less space up on your computer.

LEFT CLICK on the Save button.
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Once the image is saved you can use it in other programs.

In the example on the left we will load the image into Dazzle.

Run the Dazzle program.

LEFT CLICK on File and the LEFT Click on Open.
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In the open menu window find the file you have saved.

First make sure 'Look in' at the top is going to the My Documents folder.

LEFT CLICK on the bopeep file.

The LEFT CLICK on Open.
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The bopeep file you saved from the Internet should now be loaded into Dazzle.
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Once in you can colour the image and use all the other Dazzle tools on it.
   
 


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