(MS Powerpoint 2013) Lecture 4

Adding pictures can make your presentations more interesting and engaging. You can insert a picture from a file on your computer onto any slide. PowerPoint even includes tools for finding online pictures and adding screenshots to your presentation.

To Insert a Picture From a File:

1. Select the Insert tab, then click the Pictures command in the Images group.
2. A dialog box will appear. Locate and select the desired image file and then click Insert.
3. The picture will appear on the currently selected slide.

You can also click the Pictures command in a placeholder to insert images.

Moving and Resizing Pictures

Once you've inserted a picture, you may want to move it to a different location on the slide or change its size. PowerPoint makes it easy to arrange pictures in your presentation.

To Select a Picture:

Before you can modify a picture, you'll need to select it.

• Simply click to select a picture. A solid line will appear around a selected picture.

To Resize a Picture:

• Click and drag the corner sizing handles until the picture is the desired size.

The corner sizing handles will resize a picture while preserving its original aspect ratio. If you use the side sizing handles, the image will become distorted.

To Rotate a Picture:

• Click and drag the arrow above an image to rotate it right or left.

Hold the Shift key on your keyboard when rotating an image to limit the rotation angle.

To Move a Picture:

• Click and drag to move a picture to a new location on a slide.

To Delete a Picture:

• Select the picture you wish to delete, then press the Backspace or Delete key on your keyboard.

To Crop an Image:

• 1. Select the image you want to crop. The Format tab appears.
  2. On the Format tab, click the Crop command.
  3. Cropping handles will appear around the image. Click, hold and drag a handle to crop the image.
  4. Click the Crop command again. The image will be cropped.

  To Crop an Image to a Shape:

  1. Select the image you want to crop and click the Format tab.
  2. Click the Crop drop-down arrow. Hover the mouse over Crop to Shape and select the desired shape from the drop-down menu that appears.
  3. The image will appear formatted as the shape.
  
  

  To Add a Border to an Image:

  1. Select the image you want to add border to and click the Format tab.
  2. Click the Picture Border command. A drop-down menu will appear.
  3. From here, you can select a color, weight (thickness), and whether or not the line is dashed.
  4. The border will appear around the image.
  
  
  
  
  Image Adjustments
  PowerPoint offers many options for changing the way images appear in your slide show. For example, you can add a frame, make image corrections, change the image's color or brightness, or even add some stylish artistic effects. These options are located in the Adjust and Picture Styles groups on the Format tab.
  
  
  When you're ready to make adjustments or experiment with the look of an image, select the picture and choose one of these options from the Format tab:
  • Corrections: This command is located in the Adjust group. From here, you can sharpen or soften the image to adjust how blurry or clear it appears. You can also adjust the brightness and contrast, which controls how light or dark the picture appears.
  • Color: This command is located in the Adjust group. From here, you can adjust the image's saturation (how vivid the colors are), tone (the "temperature" of the image from cool to warm), or coloring (changing the overall color of the image).
  • Artistic Effects: This command is located in the Adjust group. From here, you can add artistic effects such as pastels, watercolors, glowing edges and more. It's important to note that artistic effects will not work with some clip art images.
  • Picture Styles Group: This group contains a variety of styles that you can apply to your picture, such as frames, borders, soft edges, and much more.