Working with Graphics

Core Training for Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003

Inserting Clip Art and Pictures

1	To insert a clip art image on this slide, click a blank area inside the content placeholder to select it, click the Insert menu, point to Picture, and then click Clip Art.
2	To use the Clip Art task pane to search for an appropriate image, click the Search for box, and then, for the purposes of this exercise, press SPACEBAR to have the word "leaves" typed for you.
3	To start the search, click Go.
4	To insert an image into the content placeholder, click the image of the two leaves, and then click the blank area to the right of the image to clear its resizing handles and close the Picture toolbar.
5	To close the Clip Art task pane, click its Close button.
6	To insert a clip art image on Slide 3, on the Slides tab, click Slide 3, and then in the content placeholder, click the Insert Clip Art button, as indicated.
7	To insert an image, in the Select Picture dialog box, click below the scroll box in the scroll bar three times, click the indicated cornucopia image, and then click OK.
8	To start inserting a picture on Slide 4, on the Slides tab, click Slide 4, and in the upper-left content placeholder, click the Insert Picture button, as indicated.
9	To navigate to the pictures you want to insert, in the Insert Picture dialog box, click the Up One Level button, double-click Garden Company, and then double-click Artwork.
10	To finish inserting the picture, in the Insert Picture dialog box, click Picture01, and then click Insert.
11	To start inserting another picture, click a blank area of the upper-right content placeholder, click the Insert menu, point to Picture, and then click From File.
12	Notice that the Insert Picture dialog box opens to the location you specified for the previous picture. To insert another picture, in the Insert Picture dialog box, click Picture02, and click Insert.
13	To insert a picture into the lower-left placeholder, click the Insert Picture button, and double-click Picture03.
14	To insert a picture into the lower-right placeholder, click the Insert Picture button, and double-click Picture04.
15	To start creating a photo album, click the Insert menu, point to Picture, and then click New Photo Album.
16	To specify that you want to add pictures stored on your hard disk, in the Photo Album dialog box, click File/Disk.
17	To select the pictures, in the Insert New Pictures dialog box, click Picture05, click once below the scroll box on the scroll bar, hold down the SHIFT key, and click Picture12.
18	To continue inserting the pictures in the new photo album, click Insert.
19	To specify layout options, in the Album Layout area of the Photo Album dialog box, click the Picture layout arrow, click the scroll down arrow, and then click 4 pictures with title.
20	To specify the frame shape, click the Frame shape arrow, and click Oval.
21	To specify the order of the pictures, in the Pictures in album box, click Picture12, and click the indicated Move Down button seven times to move the selected picture to the bottom of the list.
22	To finish creating the new photo album, click Create.
23	To save the new photo album, click the File menu, click Save As, and then click Save.

Modifying Clip Art and Pictures

1	To reposition the clip art image, point to it, and drag it to the lower-right corner of the slide.
2	To start changing the size of the clip art image on Slide 3, on the Slides tab, click Slide 3, and then double-click the clip art image.
3	To view the Format Picture dialog box and the image at the same time, drag the dialog box by its title bar to the left side of the screen, and then click the Size tab.
4	To enter the height, in the Scale area, double-click 100 in the Height box, and for the purposes of this exercise, press SPACEBAR to have a new value typed for you.
5	To view the image without closing the dialog box, click Preview.
6	To fine-tune the position of the image, click the Position tab in the Format Picture dialog box, click the Horizontal down arrow three times until the setting is 6.02", and then click Preview.
7	To accept the new size and position settings, click OK.
8	To view the color options for this clip art image, on the Picture toolbar, click the Recolor Picture button, as indicated.
9	To display the fill colors of the image, in the Recolor Picture dialog box, click the Fills option.
10	To change the orange fill color, in the New area, click the down arrow to the right of the top box, and click the indicated box in the color scheme.
11	To change the white fill color, in the New area, click the down arrow to the right of the bottom box, and click the indicated box in the color scheme.
12	To apply the selected colors, click OK.
13	To work with the pictures on Slide 5, on the Slides tab, click Slide 5.
14	To start cropping away parts of the top picture, click the picture, and drag the lower-right corner handle down until the picture covers about a third of the picture below it.
15	To use the cropping tool, on the Picture toolbar, click the Crop button, as indicated, and drag the lower-middle handle up to crop the bottom of the picture to align with the word expensive.
16	To turn off the cropping tool, click the blank area of the slide to the right of the picture you just cropped.
17	To size the bottom picture for cropping, first double-click the picture, and in the Format Picture dialog box, click the Size tab.
18	In the Scale area, double-click 14 in the Height box, press SPACEBAR to have a new Height value of 20 typed for you, and then click Preview.
19	To crop the enlarged picture, first click the Picture tab.
20	In the Crop from area, double-click the zero in the Top box, and press SPACEBAR to have the new value 3.75 typed for you.
21	Press the TAB key twice to move to the Bottom box in the Crop from area, and then press SPACEBAR to have the new value 4.5 typed for you.
22	To accept the settings in the Format Picture dialog box, click OK.
23	To associate the bottom picture with the bullet point to its left, drag the picture upward, aligning its top edge with the first line of the second bullet point.
24	To display both pictures in shades of gray, hold down the SHIFT key and click the top picture, and then on the Picture toolbar, click the Color button, as indicated, and click Grayscale.
25	To make the pictures brighter, on the Picture toolbar, click the indicated More Brightness button twice.
26	To decrease the contrast, on the Picture toolbar, click the indicated Less Contrast button twice.
27	To display the pictures in color but with the same brightness and contrast settings, on the Picture toolbar, click the Color button, and then click Automatic.
28	To check the compression settings for these pictures, on the Picture toolbar, click the Compress Pictures button, as indicated, and then in the Compress Pictures dialog box, click the Web/Screen option, and click OK.
29	To apply picture optimization to avoid reduced image quality, in the Compress Pictures message box, click Apply.

Inserting and Modifying Stylized Text

1	To delete the existing title and its placeholder, click the text Photo Album, click the outside slanted-line selection box, and press the DELETE key twice.
2	To start inserting a WordArt title, on the Drawing toolbar, click the Insert WordArt button, as indicated.
3	To select a WordArt style for the title, in the WordArt Gallery dialog box, click the indicated style, and then click OK.
4	To include your text for the title, for the purposes of this exercise, press SPACEBAR to have the text typed for you.
5	To change the font size, in the Edit WordArt Text dialog box, click the Size arrow, click once below the scroll box on the scroll bar, click 60, and then click OK.
6	To change the WordArt shape, on the WordArt toolbar, click the WordArt Shape button, as indicated, and then click the indicated Triangle Up shape.
7	To stretch the characters across the slide, on the WordArt toolbar, click the WordArt Character Spacing button, as indicated, and then click Very Loose on the menu.
8	To start adjusting the object's position and height, on the WordArt toolbar, click the Format WordArt button, as indicated.
9	To move the AutoText object upward, on the Position tab of the Format WordArt dialog box, triple-click 3.17" in the Vertical box, and press SPACEBAR to have the new value "1.57" typed for you.
10	To adjust the object's height and shape, first click the Size tab.
11	In the Size and rotate area, triple-click 1.18" in the Height box, press SPACEBAR to have the new value "2.08" typed for you, and then click OK.
12	To change the object's shadow style, on the Drawing toolbar, click the Shadow Style button, as indicated, and then click the indicated style in the palette.
13	To adjust the shadow style, on the Drawing toolbar, click the Shadow Style button again, and then click Shadow Settings.
14	To specify shadow settings, on the Shadow Settings toolbar, click the indicated Nudge Shadow Left button five times, and then click the Shadow Settings toolbar's Close button.
15	To see the results of your work, click the blank area to the right of the WordArt object on the slide.