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Presentations with PowerPoint 2003
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Adding and Editing
Images and Graphics
| To put an image on a slide, click the "New Slide"
icon on the main toolbar. From the list of slide layouts, select one that
includes an image. The slide to the right is a "Text & Clip
Art" layout.
Alternately, on a blank slide (or any other slide layout), you can
select "Insert" from the main menu, then select "Picture" for a menu of
choices. "Clip Art" brings up a gallery of clip art to choose from.
"From File" allows
you to insert an image from another source. See below for other options.
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To add an image, follow the instructions to "Double
click to add clip art." That brings up the option box to the left.
There is a large collection of clip art included in PowerPoint, and there
are even more available if you click to see "Clips Online," so
you can browse through these files to see if the program already has
something you would like to use.
If not, or if you have a specific image you want to use, you can
"Import Clips" from another source to use in a PowerPoint
slide.
Once your image is on the slide, you can resize it or move it around:
click on the slide to select it, then click and drag the corners to
resize, or click and drag anywhere on the image to move it.
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You can also create and edit graphics, such as for diagrams and flowcharts,
using the drawing toolbar near the bottom of the PowerPoint screen:
There is quite a lot you can do in terms of creating and editing
graphics. Play around with it to see what you can come up with. These features
are a useful means of keeping the visual aspects of your presentation from being
too boring (non-boring content, however, is up to you to provide).
Next: Adding
and Editing Slide Colors and Backgrounds
Contents - Start
- Select Template -
Slide Layout -
First Slide
Multiple Slides - Text -
Links - Charts - Images
- Slide Colors
Slide Effects - Package for CD
- Web - Handouts -
Run Show
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In
addition to the options pictured on the toolbar, the "Draw" and
"AutoShapes" menus offer an extensive array of shapes, arrows,
lines, connectors, and other graphic elements to create diagrams to
illustrate your points. You can also layer graphics, i.e. place one on top
of the other. Elements can be resized, reshaped, recolored, or replaced
until your diagram is just exactly perfect.
The
"Word Art" option
allows for creating fancy text effects.