2. Beginning PowerPoint Part 2 Graphics

3. Inserting Graphics  Click Insert on the Menu Bar.  Then Picture.  Options include: –Clip Art –From File –AutoShapes –WordArt

4. 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.

5. Editing Clip Art  Picture Toolbar –Image Control –More Contrast –Less Contrast –More Brightness –Less Brightness –Crop –Line Style –Recolor Picture –Format Picture

6. AutoShapes  Lines  Connectors  Basic Shapes  Block Arrows  Flowchart  Stars and Banners  Callouts  Action Buttons

7. WordArt  WordArt Gallery  WordArt Toolbar –Edit Text –WordArt Gallery –Format WordArt –WordArt Shape –Free Rotate –Same Letter Heights –Vertical Text –Alignment –Character Spacing

9. From File  You can insert any image file that you have saved. –Copied from the internet –Drawn in Paint –Created in Photo Editor

10. Getting Stuff from the Internet  Beware of copyright laws!  Always give credit to websites.  Right click on the picture.  Save Picture As…

11. Some good sites for free stuff  http://www.thewritemarket.com/free- graphics.shtml http://www.thewritemarket.com/free- graphics.shtml  http://www.freegraphics.com/ http://www.freegraphics.com/  http://www.free-graphics.com/ http://www.free-graphics.com/  http://www.aaaclipart.com/ http://www.aaaclipart.com/  http://www.clip-art.com/index.php http://www.clip-art.com/index.php  You can also use a search engine such as Google or Yahoo and click on the images tab at the top.

12. 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.

13. Movies & Sounds  Movie from Gallery (motion clips).  Movie from File (from saved location).  Sound from Gallery (sound clips).  Sound from File. (from saved location).