Inserting Pictures into PowerPoint

Core Training for Microsoft PowerPoint 2002

Changing the Layout of a Slide

1	To begin changing the layout of a slide, position the mouse-pointer over the bulleted text, and then click the text.
2	To re-position the object, position the mouse pointer over the lower edge of the dotted-line selection box, press and hold down the mouse button, drag the object to the bottom of the slide, and release the mouse button.
3	To display the current slide layout style, click the Format menu, and then click Slide Layout.
4	To reapply the original slide layout, position the mouse pointer over the selected slide layout, click the arrow, and then click Reapply Layout.
5	To apply a different layout to the slide, in the Slide Layout task pane, click once below the scroll box on the scroll bar.
6	Under the Text and Content Layouts heading, click the Title, Text, and Content slide layout (first row, first column).
7	To close the Slide Layout task pane, in the Slide Layout task pane, click the Close button.

Inserting a Clip Art Image

1	To begin inserting a clip art image using the Clip Art icon, in the content placeholder, click the Insert Clip Art icon (first row, third column).
2	To search for a clip art image, in the Search text box, type food, and then click Search.
3	To select an image, click the apple clip art (first row, third icon), and then click OK.
4	To deselect the image, click the blank area to its right.
5	To begin inserting a clip art using the Insert menu, in the Slide pane, click Slide 7.
6	To insert the clip art, click the Insert menu, point to Picture, and then click Clip Art.
7	To search for a clip art image, in the Insert Clip Art task pane, double-click the text in the Search text box, type equipment, and then click Search.
8	To insert the image, click the blue computer clip art
9	To undo the automatic layout for the slide, position the mouse pointer over the Automatic Layout Options button in the lower-right corner of the image, click the arrow, and then click Undo Automatic Layout.
10	To move the image, position the mouse pointer over the image, press and hold down the mouse button, drag the image to the lower-right corner of the slide, and release the mouse button.
11	To deselect the image, click the blank area to its left.
12	To begin inserting an AutoShape, in the Slide pane, click once above the scroll box on the scroll bar, and then click Slide 2.
13	To display the available AutoShapes, on the Drawing toolbar, click AutoShapes, and then click More AutoShapes.
14	In the Insert Clip Art task pane, click the scroll box, hold down the mouse button, drag the scroll box until the tree Autoshape appears, release the mouse button, and click the tree AutoShape.
15	To move the image of the tree, position the mouse pointer over the image, press and hold down the mouse button, drag the image to the lower-right corner of the slide, and release the mouse button.
16	To begin adding an image to the Clip Organizer, on the Drawing toolbar, click the Insert Clip Art button.
17	To open the Microsoft Clip Organizer window, in the Insert Clip Art task pane, click Clip Organizer.
18	In the Collections List, under My Collection, click Favorites.
19	Click the File menu, point to Add Clips to Organizer, and then click On My Own.
20	In the Places bar, click My Documents, double-click the Presentations folder, and then click Add.
21	To add Logo to the Keywords for current clip list, position the mouse pointer over the thumbnail of the Logo clip art, click the arrow on the thumbnail, and then click Edit Keywords.
22	Click the Keyword box, type logo, and then click Add.
23	To close the Edit Keywords dialog box, click OK.
24	In the Microsoft Clip Organizer window, click the Close button.
25	To search for the newly added Clip art, in the Insert Clip Art task pane, double-click the existing text in the Search text box, type logo, and then click Search.

Editing a Clip Art Image

1	To begin scaling an image, double-click the clip art image.
2	In the Format Picture dialog box, click the Size tab
3	To scale the height of the image, in the Scale area, double-click the number in the Height box, and then type 110.
4	To preview the image, click Preview.
5	To close the Format Picture dialog box, click OK.
6	To deselect the image, click the blank area to its left.
7	To begin changing the colors of an image, in the Slide pane, click once below the scroll box on the scroll bar, and then click Slide 13.
8	To select and recolor the clip art object, click the object, and on the Picture toolbar, click the Recolor Picture button (fourth button from the right).
9	To display the fill colors used in the image, click the Fills option.
10	To begin changing colors, under New click the arrow next to the Lavender color box , and then click the Red color box (eighth item).
11	Under New, click the arrow next to the Light Green color box, and then click the Green color box.
12	Under New, click the arrow next to the Orange color box, and then click the Yellow color box (in the second row).
13	Under New, click the arrow next to the Tan color box (fourth from the top), and then click the Brown color box (seventh from the left).
14	To close the Recolor Picture dialog box, click OK.
15	To deselect the image, click a blank area to its left.

Inserting and Modifying Pictures

1	To begin inserting a picture, click the Insert menu, point to Picture, and then click From File.
2	To select a file, in the Places bar, click My Documents, double-click the Presentations folder, and then click Insert.
3	To move the picture, position the mouse pointer over the picture, press and hold down the left mouse button, drag the picture to the lower-right corner of the slide, and release the mouse button.
4	To begin creating a photo album, click the Insert menu, point to Picture, click New Photo Album, and then click File/Disk.
5	In the list of file and folder names, click Picture1, press and hold down the CTRL key, click Picture2, Picture3, and Picture4, release the CTRL key, and then click Insert.
6	In the Album Layout area, click the Picture layout arrow, click the down arrow on the scroll bar, and then click 4 pictures with title.
7	To define a frame, click the Frame shape arrow, and then click Oval.
8	To create the photo album, click Create.
9	The photo album opens in a new PowerPoint presentation. To save the photo album, click the File menu, and then click Save As. In the Save As dialog box, click Save.
10	To return to the presentation, in the upper-right corner of the window, click the lower of the two Close buttons.
11	To begin modifying a picture, click the picture on Slide 5.
12	To enlarge the picture, hold down the SHIFT key, position the mouse pointer over the upper-left resize handle, press and hold down the left mouse button, drag the resize handle to the top of the text box, and release the mouse button.
13	To convert the picture to a watermark, on the Picture toolbar, click the Color button (second button from the left), and then click Washout.
14	To decrease the brightness of the picture, on the Picture toolbar, click the Less Brightness button (sixth button from the left) four times.
15	To increase the picture contrast, on the Picture toolbar, click the More Contrast button twice (third button from the left).
16	To begin cropping the picture, on the Picture toolbar, click the Crop button (seventh button from the left).
17	Position the mouse pointer over the lower-middle resize handle of the picture, press and hold down the left mouse button, drag the handle up towards the boy’s right knee, and then release the mouse button.
18	To change the cropping tool back to a pointer, on the Picture toolbar, click the Crop button.
19	To begin compressing the image, on the Picture toolbar, click the Compress Pictures button (fifth from the right), and then click OK.
20	In response to the message, click Apply.

Inserting and Modifying Stylized Text

1	To begin inserting stylized text, on the Drawing toolbar, click the Insert WordArt button.
2	In the WordArt Gallery dialog box, click the style in the third column, third row, and then click OK.
3	In the Text box, type Helping our community grow!, and then click OK.
4	To increase the size of the WordArt object, press and hold down the SHIFT key, position the mouse pointer over the lower-left resize handle, press and hold down the left mouse button, drag the lower-left resize handle to the left-hand side of the slide, and release the SHIFT key and the mouse button.
5	To display the WordArt text as a triangle, on the WordArt toolbar, click the WordArt Shape button (fifth from the left), and then click the Triangle Up symbol (first row, third symbol).
6	To add space between the characters, on the WordArt toolbar, click the WordArt Character Spacing button (rightmost button), and then click Loose.
7	To begin increasing the height of the text, on the WordArt toolbar, click the Format WordArt button (fourth button from the left), and then click the Size tab.
8	In the Size and rotate area, in the Height box, position the mouse pointer to the left of the number, press and hold down the left mouse button, drag to the right until the number is selected, release the mouse button, and type 2. Then click OK.
9	To change the shadow settings, on the Drawing toolbar, click the Shadow Style button, and then click Shadow Settings.
10	To adjust the WordArt shadow upward, on the Shadow Settings toolbar, click the Nudge Shadow Up button five times.
11	To close the Shadow Settings toolbar, click the Close button on the Shadow Settings toolbar.
12	To reposition the WordArt object, position the mouse pointer over the object, press and hold down the left mouse button, drag the text to the center of the slide, and release the mouse button.

Inserting Sounds and Movies

1	To begin adding a slide transition, click the Slide Show menu, and then click Slide Transition.
2	To apply sound to the first slide, in the Slide Transition task pane, click the Sound arrow, and then click Applause.
3	To view the changes, in the Slide Transition task pane, click the Slide Show button.
4	To stop the slide show and return to Normal view, press ESC.
5	To begin inserting sound into a slide, in the Slide pane, click two times below the scroll box on the scroll bar, and then click Slide 10.
6	Click the Insert menu, point to Movies and Sounds, and then click Sound from Clip Organizer.
7	To select and sound and insert a sound icon into the presentation, in the Insert Clip Art task pane, click the Claps Cheers sound, and in response to the dialog box that appears, click Yes.
8	To reposition the newly inserted sound icon in the center of the object, position the mouse pointer over the icon, press and hold down the mouse button, drag the icon to the lower-right corner of the slide, and release the mouse button.
9	To play the sound file, double-click the sound icon.
10	To begin inserting a movie, in the Slide pane, click two times above the scroll box on the scroll bar, and then click Slide 2.
11	Click the Insert menu, point to Movies and Sounds, and then click Movie from Clip Organizer.
12	In the Insert Clip Art task pane, in the Results list, click the businesses movie clip (first row, second column).
13	To change the layout of the slide, click the Automatic Layout Options button at the lower-right corner of the image, and then click Undo Automatic Layout.
14	To move the movie icon, position the mouse pointer over the icon, press and hold down the mouse button, drag the icon to the lower-right corner of the slide, and release the mouse button.
15	To close the Insert Clip Art task pane, in the Insert Clip Art task pane, click the Close button.
16	To view the movie clip, click the Slide Show button (below the Slide pane, to the left of the horizontal scroll bar).
17	To stop the slide show and return to Normal view, press ESC.
18	To insert a movie clip from a file, in the Slide pane, click once below the scroll box on the scroll bar, and then click Slide 7.
19	Click the Insert menu, point to Movies and Sounds, and then click Movie from File.
20	To select a movie, in the Insert Movie window, click the InsertMovie file, and then click OK.
21	In response to the dialog box that appears, click No.
22	To play the movie object, double-click it.