Adding Clip Art

Instead of drawing your own pictures in your worksheet, you can use ready-made clip art and photographs to spruce up your data. Plenty of pictures come with Excel, so all you have to do is insert a picture wherever you want it to appear in a worksheet. Excel's clip art collection contains a myriad of professionally prepared pictures that can enhance a wide range of topics.

Microsoft organizes clip art by descriptive keywords including almost any popular art—from academic to zoo. In addition to art, you can insert sound effects, music, videos, and other media clips into your worksheets to add auditory and visual interest.

You can get clip art from the following places:

  • Microsoft's clip organizer

  • Clip art on the Web

  • Clip art software ...

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