Beginning PowerPoint Part 2 Graphics
Inserting Graphics Click Insert on the Menu Bar. Then Picture. Options include: –Clip Art –From File –AutoShapes –WordArt
Moving & Resizing Click on Clip Art to select it. Move mouse until you see the crossbar to move image. OR Use arrow keys with Clip Art selected. Always use CORNER resize handles to avoid stretching the Clip Art.
Editing Clip Art Picture Toolbar –Image Control –More Contrast –Less Contrast –More Brightness –Less Brightness –Crop –Line Style –Recolor Picture –Format Picture
AutoShapes Lines Connectors Basic Shapes Block Arrows Flowchart Stars and Banners Callouts Action Buttons
WordArt WordArt Gallery WordArt Toolbar –Edit Text –WordArt Gallery –Format WordArt –WordArt Shape –Free Rotate –Same Letter Heights –Vertical Text –Alignment –Character Spacing
From File You can insert any image file that you have saved. –Copied from the internet –Drawn in Paint –Created in Photo Editor
Getting Stuff from the Internet Beware of copyright laws! Always give credit to websites. Right click on the picture. Save Picture As…
Some good sites for free stuff graphics.shtml graphics.shtml You can also use a search engine such as Google or Yahoo and click on the images tab at the top.
Hyperlinks You can LINK text or images to other slides or other documents or web pagesslides documentsweb pages So that when you click on the text or image, it jumps you directly to the slide, document, or web page.
Movies & Sounds Movie from Gallery (motion clips). Movie from File (from saved location). Sound from Gallery (sound clips). Sound from File. (from saved location).