Adding Images and Tag Clouds to Google Docs

Hey guys! In this tutorial I’ll add this word art to google docs.



Adding word art or any image to your text can spice up an otherwise drab document. I’ve just finished working on a tag cloud at tagul.com, and now I’m going to add it to a google doc.

Google docs let’s you add images by simply dragging them in or pasting them from a clipboard, and it also has a very sophisticated image insert tool. Go to Insert and down to Image.
A popup screen comes up allowing you to drag an image in. Google docs allow you to take selfies, use an image from a website link, pull photos from your personal album or your google drive, or even search for them! I’ve already downloaded my word art, so I’ll upload it by dragging it in.

Next I want to add a word box as a caption. Currently Docs has it’s text box tools it’s drawing section. Find it in the Insert menu under Drawing. From here you can make all kind of shapes, including a text box

The text box icon is a box with a T inside. This one. Once you’ve activated the text box tool, click and drag an area roughly the side want, and type in some text.

Let’s make this text box stand out. Click the line weight button, it’s the icon with 3 horizontal lines. I’ll choose a 3pt line.

Now I’ll center the text….

And add some fill color with the ugly paintbrush icon.
Now click the save and close button.

If you don’t like what you typed, or if you got the size of the box wrong, just double click on it, make your adjustment, and close it!

Google provides tons of options when it comes to adding images to your documents. Play around with some of the different features, and add an image to your OWN document.
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In the next few videos we will learn how to incorporate tables into our documents. See you soon!

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