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Apple Numbers '09 User Manual

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Chapter 9

Working with Shapes, Graphics, and Other Objects

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Drag a file from the Finder.

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Click Media in the toolbar, click Photos in the Media Browser, select the album where

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your picture is located, and then drag a thumbnail to position it where you want it.

Second, choose a source.

First, click a button to go to
your media files.

Third, drag an item to the
document or to an image
well in one of the inspectors.

Search for a file by typing
its name here.

The buttons at the top of the Media Browser give you access to images in your iPhoto
library, movies in your Movies folder, or audio files in your iTunes library.
Drag a file from another application.

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After importing your image, you can drag it to position it wherever you want on
a sheet. You can use the tools in Numbers to mask (crop) an image; change its
brightness, contrast, and other image qualities; or erase its background.

To learn how to

Go to

Replace image and other placeholders in
templates with your own objects

Replacing Template Images with Your Own
Images
” on page 196

Mask images to get rid of unwanted parts

Masking (Cropping) Images” on page 196

Reduce the size of your spreadsheet by saving
only the used portion of masked images

Reducing Image File Sizes” on page 198