Computers - how to put pictures from a search engine into another program

Computers - how to put pictures from a search engine into another program.

by Ronnie Hayes

​Open Google Chrome or any other compatible web browser

1. ​Open your browser

2. ​Choose a search engine (Chrome, Firefox, Opera, etc)

Type in your search criteria

1. Click in the search block and type in what you are searching for.

2. ​Click on the appropriate or best suggestion that comes up.

Go to Images tab

1. Click on the Images tab just below the search box.

Select the picture you want

1. Click the image that you would like to put into your Google Doc.

Put it into memory.....

1. Right-click the image.

2. ​From the context menu, click on "Copy image"

Open the target program (Google Docs)

1. Open Google Docs or any other target program (Microsoft Word, Google Slides, Microsoft PowerPoint, etc.)

2. ​Right-click on the background of the page/slide.

3. ​From the context menu, click on "Paste"

Google Docs is pictured here

1. I have used Google Docs as my program of choice so that I have sharing options for group projects.

2. ​You can choose any other program you wish (Microsoft Word, Google Slides, Microsoft PowerPoint, etc)

Multiple Choice

Which mouse button do we press or click to give us a context menu with options?

• left button

• right button

• mouse wheel

• double-click

Multiple Choice

Which tab do we click to show just the pictures from our Google search?

• more

• videos

• images

• all

• news

Multiple Choice

When we right-click on a selected picture, which option from the context menu do we click on to put it into temporary memory?

• copy image

• save

• save as

• save link as

• copy image address

Optional extra......

1. If you are pasting multiple pictures, you may want to move them around the document to place them.

2. ​Click on the picture and from the wrapping options, choose either "in front of text" or choose "behind text", depending on your needs.

3. ​This step will follow you to move the pictures around.