WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:07.169 --> 00:00:12.530 When you're developing a PowerPoint presentation, you want to create slides that communicate 00:00:12.530 --> 00:00:17.560 the information to your audience and that they will find appealing. 00:00:17.560 --> 00:00:22.970 If you've chosen a slide layout that has a placeholder for images, you can insert the 00:00:22.970 --> 00:00:26.680 picture using the command in the placeholder. 00:00:26.680 --> 00:00:32.059 Here let me select my text and move it to this text box. 00:00:32.059 --> 00:00:37.711 There, now you can see that the placeholder in the layout I am using has the Insert Picture 00:00:37.711 --> 00:00:38.969 command. 00:00:38.969 --> 00:00:45.940 Now, I could use one of these other commands to insert charts, tables, or other objects, 00:00:45.940 --> 00:00:48.980 or I could just start typing text in the placeholder. 00:00:48.980 --> 00:00:55.399 But I want to insert a picture that I have stored on my computer into this slide so all 00:00:55.399 --> 00:01:00.920 I need to do is click the Insert picture command in the placeholder. 00:01:00.920 --> 00:01:05.979 If you are working with a slide that does not have a placeholder like this for a picture, 00:01:05.979 --> 00:01:08.850 you can still insert one. 00:01:08.850 --> 00:01:16.689 Just go to the Insert tab and select the Picture command in the Illustrations group. 00:01:16.689 --> 00:01:21.880 The Insert picture dialog box appears and I just need to locate the picture I want to 00:01:21.880 --> 00:01:22.880 use. 00:01:22.880 --> 00:01:28.479 I remember saving it on my Desktop. 00:01:28.479 --> 00:01:31.070 Here it is, Team Photo. 00:01:31.070 --> 00:01:36.659 I'll just click the picture to select it, and then click Insert. 00:01:36.659 --> 00:01:41.390 As you can see, the picture appears where the placeholder used to be. 00:01:41.390 --> 00:01:47.289 Now, after I inserted the picture, a new tab is visible. 00:01:47.289 --> 00:01:50.840 This is the Picture Tools Format tab. 00:01:50.840 --> 00:01:55.700 This tab is only visible when the picture is selected. 00:01:55.700 --> 00:02:02.180 This is PowerPoint's way of only giving us what we need, when we need it. 00:02:02.180 --> 00:02:07.850 Before we talk about all the neat things you can do using the features on this tab, let's 00:02:07.850 --> 00:02:10.690 resize and move the picture. 00:02:10.690 --> 00:02:18.970 To resize an image, click a corner sizing handle, and while holding down the mouse button, 00:02:18.970 --> 00:02:23.090 drag the image until it is the size that you want. 00:02:23.090 --> 00:02:25.319 And then release the mouse button. 00:02:25.319 --> 00:02:30.390 As long as you use one of the corner sizing handles, your picture will retain the same 00:02:30.390 --> 00:02:32.650 proportions. 00:02:32.650 --> 00:02:37.780 You probably will not want to use the side sizing handles, these change the picture's 00:02:37.780 --> 00:02:42.590 size but don't keep the same proportions, so your picture may look a little funny if 00:02:42.590 --> 00:02:46.909 you use these. 00:02:46.909 --> 00:02:52.799 When you insert a picture into a placeholder, the picture shows up centered in the placeholder. 00:02:52.799 --> 00:02:58.110 But, you can move it around if you want to. 00:02:58.110 --> 00:03:03.720 Just click and hold the mouse button, and drag the picture to the desired location. 00:03:03.720 --> 00:03:05.840 Now release the button. 00:03:05.840 --> 00:03:11.160 I actually do like it centered, so I'll just undo that action. 00:03:11.160 --> 00:03:16.000 Now, you may be wondering about the green circle. 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:21.519 This is the Free Rotate feature you can just click and hold the mouse button and rotate 00:03:21.519 --> 00:03:25.340 the picture in various directions. 00:03:25.340 --> 00:03:34.290 Text boxes, clip art, pictures, and shapes can all be moved and resized in this way. 00:03:34.290 --> 00:03:39.569 Let's take a look at some of the formatting features on the Picture Tools Format tab. 00:03:39.569 --> 00:03:43.260 You can do so many different things to format your pictures. 00:03:43.260 --> 00:03:50.189 The 2007 Office suite includes these new picture styles that previous versions did not include. 00:03:50.189 --> 00:03:52.870 I absolutely love these. 00:03:52.870 --> 00:03:57.599 You can apply a style to your picture to give it a different look and really make it more 00:03:57.599 --> 00:03:59.659 professional looking. 00:03:59.659 --> 00:04:05.459 As we hover over each of the styles, you'll see a Live Preview of it in the presentation. 00:04:05.459 --> 00:04:14.120 If you want to see other styles, click the More drop-down arrow.Here, I like this one. 00:04:14.120 --> 00:04:17.200 Just click a style to select it. 00:04:17.200 --> 00:04:22.670 You have the ability to modify the style using these three commands. 00:04:22.670 --> 00:04:26.560 Let's take a look at this first command.Picture Shape. 00:04:26.560 --> 00:04:30.380 Now you can see from the menu that there are many different shapes you can apply to your 00:04:30.380 --> 00:04:31.560 picture. 00:04:31.560 --> 00:04:40.080 To see how it will look, just click a shape to select it and your picture shape will change. 00:04:40.080 --> 00:04:48.540 Some of these shapes are simple and some are kind of silly, like this sun. 00:04:48.540 --> 00:04:52.780 And not all of them will look good or make sense for your presentation. 00:04:52.780 --> 00:04:58.100 For example, my presentation is about team building for work, so this multiplication 00:04:58.100 --> 00:05:01.350 sign wouldn't make much sense. 00:05:01.350 --> 00:05:08.200 But, if I were a math teacher, some of the equation signs might look good in a presentation. 00:05:08.200 --> 00:05:12.000 It's all about making choices that are right for your presentation. 00:05:12.000 --> 00:05:18.070 I actually want to go back to my original shape and style. 00:05:18.070 --> 00:05:20.980 You can also change the border color. 00:05:20.980 --> 00:05:26.260 Just click the Picture Border command and hover your mouse over the color options to 00:05:26.260 --> 00:05:31.080 see how the theme or standard color options will look. 00:05:31.080 --> 00:05:37.120 If you see one that you like, just click it to select it. 00:05:37.120 --> 00:05:41.970 There are a couple of other things you can do from this menu you can choose to not have 00:05:41.970 --> 00:05:47.770 an outline around the picture, or you can choose More Outline Colors to open the Colors 00:05:47.770 --> 00:05:53.530 dialog box and choose from even more color options. 00:05:53.530 --> 00:05:58.490 You can also change the line Weight or make it a dashed line. 00:05:58.490 --> 00:06:05.720 If you want to make the line thicker or thinner, select Weight and then hover over the line 00:06:05.720 --> 00:06:07.620 options. 00:06:07.620 --> 00:06:13.870 If you don't see what you want, you can choose More Lines to open a dialog box with even 00:06:13.870 --> 00:06:14.850 more choices.