so I'm almost finished with this
presentation I've typed in everything I
need to share about the company's new
Wellness Program but I'd like to add
some pictures to make my slides look a
little more interesting it's easy to
insert a picture using the placeholders
on your slides all you have to do is
click this icon however there are a few
other ways to add an image even if your
slide doesn't have a placeholder like
this it all starts with the insert tab I
already know what picture I want to use
for the slide and I have it saved to my
computer that means I can use the
pictures command to locate the image
and insert it
the picture will appear on the slide to
move this picture while it's still
selected I'm just going to click and
drag where we have plenty of room over
here
now let's take a look at the next slide
I don't really have an image in mind for
this part of the presentation but
PowerPoint does have some built-in
options we can use just go back to the
insert tab and click the online pictures
command
from here you can use Bing to search the
web for stock photos clipart and other
graphics or you can access images from
your onedrive account if you have any
stored there you can also just browse
the image categories if you need any
ideas let's try a web search just type
your search term in the box then press
ENTER on your keyboard by default being
only shows images that are licensed
under Creative Commons which means it's
okay to use them in your own projects
just to be safe though you should check
the images website to make sure there
aren't any restrictions to find that
website click the icon in the bottom
right corner of an image and follow the
link you see here this image looks good
to insert it I'm going to click the
thumbnail then the insert button and the
image will appear on the slide this
picture is a little big but that's an
easy fix to change the size of an image
all you have to do is click and drag the
sizing handles here I'd recommend using
the ones in the corner to make sure your
image stays in proportion I'm also going
to move it just a bit
and to make it look a little neater I'm
going to use the rotation handle at the
top to rotate it
there we go that looks great on my next
slide the picture I want to add is a bit
more unique I'm going to use a screen
shot a screen shot is an image of
whatever is currently displayed on your
screen for example I found a website
that teaches different aspects of health
and wellness and I'd like to include a
picture of it in the presentation let's
go back to PowerPoint and then insert
and then screenshot to take a look at
our options I have two different windows
open right now including an Excel
spreadsheet and the website I want to
capture just click the window you want
to take a screenshot of and now we have
a picture of the window on this slide
this isn't exactly what I wanted though
this screenshot includes other parts of
my browser like the navigation buttons
and the status bar I'd like to see if we
can take a picture of just the different
topics in the middle first I'm going to
delete this image by selecting it and
pressing backspace or delete on my
keyboard now I'll go to insert then
screenshot and this time I'll select
screen clipping
this will let us capture part of the
page instead of the entire window we'll
also use the same technique we use to
draw text boxes just click and drag to
draw a box around the part of the image
you want to capture
the screen capture will then appear on
the slide resize and reposition the
picture if you need to
and there we go whether you're working
with photos that are already on your
computer online images or even a simple
screenshot the right pictures can help
make your presentations a lot more
interesting
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