Return your screen view back to 100% Zoom. We will now need to save it as an image using screen capture and Irfanview. Once you have made you scene, save it (file - save as). To make fine adjustments, remember to hold the ALT key down while moving with the mouse. In this example I moved his eyes and turned his smile over into a frown. You now can adjust, with small variations, different expressions or looks of the monkey so your comic strip images are not so static looking. You can now move the eye to look at a different direction.ĩ 17. Move your cursor over one of the eyes and click on it. And then position the screen to look at the monkey with the scrollbars.

To do this go to the tools at the top and click on the arrow beside the Zoom percentage. Now we will zoom in a little closer and we can make some subtle changes to the expression of the monkey. Click somewhere else on the screen to de-select the monkey and it should go back to normal. All of the parts that make up the monkey have been separated. Your monkey will now look a little funny. Click Yes to the message that followsĨ 14. Select the Grouping Menu - then click on Ungroup 13. (Not all clip art that you get from Microsoft Office Online clip art can be ungrouped) Click on the monkey to select it, then right-click on the monkey to get its properties menu. To make some advanced changes to the monkey you can Ungroup this clip art object. Clicking on the monkey will allow you to do the typical clip art functions such as re-sizing, rotating etc.ħ 12. Now you can float the monkey anywhere over the Disney background. Click on the layout tab and select the Wrapping style - In front of textĦ 10. To have the monkey float above the picture so we can position it, start by Double-Clicking on the monkey to get its properties. The clip art monkey will show up below the Disney background. Then from the menu the pops down click insert.ĥ 8. Click on it and click the right arrow pointing down. Below clip art images will be retrieved online. Type in the word monkey in the Search for: box and click Go.

The Clip Art sidebar window should open to the right 6. Click on the Insert Menu - Picture - Clip ArtĤ 5. To do this click your cursor so its after the picture. Make sure you have not selected the picture. In this example I am going to add a clip art monkey. We now have our picture in the background of our page. Click on the Insert Menu - Picture - From File Locate your picture Select It and Click Insertģ 3. I will be adding a Disneyland picture I downloaded from the internet. Insert a background picture that will be the backdrop for your setting in your comic strip. Open up Microsoft Word It will act as a blank canvas for us to add our images and layer them.Ģ 2. 1 Creating Comic Life Images Using Microsoft Word, Clipart, and Irfanview.

Comic life clip art