To insert a picture from another program, click Picture on the Insert menu, and then click From File. When you select a picture, the Picture toolbar appears with options you can use to crop the picture, add a border to it, and adjust its brightness and contrast. To insert a scanned photograph , click Picture on the Insert menu, and then click From Scanner. The image appears in Microsoft Photo Editor, a program you can use to edit the picture. There are two types of pictures, Bitmaps , which can't be ungrouped, and pictures such as Metafiles that can be ungrouped, converted to drawing objects, and then edited by using options on the Drawing toolbar.
Most clip art is in metafile format .
To ungroup and convert clip art to a drawing object, just select it, and then click Ungroup on the Draw menu. You can then modify it just as you can any other object you draw. For example, you might insert a clip art image of a person, ungroup it, change the color of the person's clothing, and then add the modified image to another clip art image. You can also draw your own pictures by using options on the Drawing toolbar You can create special text effects by using the new WordArt button on the Drawing toolbar, and you can use additional features, such as 3-D effects and textured fills. Word recognizes a wide variety of picture formats.