when you're developing a powerpoints
presentation you want to create slides
that communicate the information to your
audience and that they will find
appealing if you've chosen a slide
layout so it has a placeholder for
images you can insert the picture using
the commands in the placeholder here let
me select my text and move it to this
text box there now you can see that the
placeholder in the layout I'm using has
the insert picture command now I could
use one of these other commands to
insert charts tables or other objects or
I could just start typing text in the
placeholder but I want to insert a
picture that I have stored on my
computer into this slide so all I need
to do is click the insert picture
commands in the placeholder if you are
working with a slide that does not have
a placeholder like this for a picture
you can still insert one just go to the
insert tab and select the picture
command in the illustrations group the
insert picture dialog box appears and I
just need to locate the picture I want
to use I remember saving it on my
desktop hmm here it is team photo I'll
just click the picture to select it and
then click insert as you can see the
picture appears with a placeholder used
to be now after I inserted the picture a
new tab is visible this is the picture
tools format tab this tab is only
visible when the picture is selected
this is powerpoints way of only giving
us what we need when we need it
before we talk about all the neat things
you can do using the features on this
tab let's resize and move the picture to
resize an image click a-kor
sighs and handle and while holding down
the mouse button drag the image until it
is the size that you want and then
release the mouse button as long as you
use one of the corner sizing handles
your picture will retain the same
proportions you probably will not want
to use a side sizing handles these
change the picture size but don't keep
the same proportions so your picture may
look a little funny if you use these
when you insert a picture into a
placeholder the picture shows up
centered in the placeholder but you can
move it around if you want to just click
and hold the mouse button and drag the
picture to the desired location
now release the button I actually do
like it censored so I'll just undo that
action now you may be wondering about
the green circle this is the free rotate
feature you can just click and hold the
mouse button and rotate the picture in
various directions text boxes clip art
pictures and shapes can all be moved and
resized in this way let's take a look at
some of the formatting features on the
picture tools format tab you can do so
many different things to format your
pictures the 2007 office suites includes
these new picture styles that previous
versions did not include I absolutely
love these you can apply a style to your
picture to give it a different look and
really make it more professional-looking
as we hover over each of the Styles
you'll see a live preview of it in the
presentation if you want to see other
styles click the more drop-down arrow
here I think I like this one they just
click a style to select it you have the
ability to modify the style using these
three commands let's take a look at this
first command picture shape now you can
see from them
menu that there are many different
shapes you can apply to your picture to
see how it will look just click a shape
to select it and your picture shape will
change some of these shapes are simple
and some are kind of silly like this Sun
and not all of them will look good or
make sense for your presentation for
example my presentation is about team
building for work so this multiplication
sign well it wouldn't make much sense
but if I were a math teacher some of the
equation signs might look good in a
presentation it's all about making
choices that are right for your
presentation I actually want to go back
to my original shape and style you can
also change the border color just click
the picture border command and hover
your mouse over the color options to see
how the theme or standard color options
will look if you see one that you like
just click it to select it there are a
couple of other things you can do from
this menu you can choose to not have an
outline around the picture or you can
choose more outline colors to open the
colors dialog box and choose from even
more color options you can also change
the line weights or make it a dashed
line if you want to make the line
thicker or thinner select weight and
then hover over the line options if you
don't see what you want you can choose
more lines to open a dialog box with
even more choices