User Guide

To import an image, do any of the following:
Choose Insert > Choose, select the le, and then click Insert. m
Drag a le from the Finder. m
Click Media in the toolbar, click Photos in the Media Browser, select the album where m
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 les in your iTunes library.
Drag a le from another application. m
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 193
Mask images to get rid of unwanted parts “Masking (Cropping) Images” on page 193
Reduce the size of your spreadsheet by saving
only the used portion of masked images
“Reducing Image File Sizes” on page 195
192 Chapter 9 Working with Shapes, Graphics, and Other Objects