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Adding to the Microsoft Clip Organizer

Adding clip art to the Microsoft Clip Organizer will enhance your clip art collection. Clip art can personalize your document and make it more dynamic, colorful, and creative. In addition to adding images to the Microsoft Clip Organizer from your own files, you can also add clip art to your collection by importing it from the Web.

You can add to the Microsoft Clip Organizer by importing files that are saved on a removable disk or hard-drive. To add clip art from the Web, see Importing Clip Art from the Web.

1. On the Ribbon, select the Insert tab
   The Insert tab commands are visible.

2. In the Illustrations group, click theon the Picture button » select Clip Art...
   The Clip Art task pane appears.

3. At the bottom of the Clip Art task pane, click ORGANIZE CLIPS...
   The Microsoft Clip Organizer dialog box appears.
   

4. From the File menu, select Add Clips to Organizer » On My Own...
   The Add Clips to Organizer dialog box appears.

5. Using the Look in pull-down list, navigate to the drive and/or folder containing the file you want to add

6. Select the file you want to import (add)

7. Click ADD TO...
   The Import to Collection dialog box appears.
   

8. From the Import clips to the selected collection section, select the desired collection in which your file should appear
   OR
   To create a new collection,
   1. Click NEW...
      The New Collection dialog box appears.
      
      
   2. In the Name text box, type a name for the collection
   3. Under the Select where to place the collection section, select the folder to contain the collection

   4. Click OK
      A new category is added to the folder.

9. Click OK

10. In the Add Clips to Organizer dialog box, click ADD
    The clip art is now added to the collection.

11. OPTIONAL: To add keywords to describe (and to aid in searching for) the new clip art,
    1. Within the Microsoft Clip Organizer, right click the clip art » select Edit Keywords...
       The Keywords dialog box appears.
       
       
    2. In the Keyword text box, type a keyword
    3. Click ADD
       The keyword appears in the Keywords for current clip scroll box.
    4. Repeat steps b–c for each keyword

    5. When finished, click OK

12. To close the Microsoft Clip Organizer dialog box, in the upper right corner of the dialog box, click the