Add
Graphics
What
You'll Learn: Now
that you've had a chance to add
and embellish your text, this is the time that
you may want to add and associate a graphic with
your text message. The graphic can be a piece of
clip art, a scanned photograph, or a drawn image.
In this sample, we'll show you how to insert a piece
of clip art from the Microsoft Clip Art Gallery that
comes with PowerPoint. It's not great art,but it's
free, you can select from an extensive array of samples
on the Internet, and it's simple to learn how to
do...
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First,
open an existing, or start a new, PowerPoint presentation.
Click on Insert on
the main manu, click Picture and
then Clip Art. |
If
this is the first time you've used the insert clip
function on this machine you'll be asked if you
want to catalog all the clips and other media that
may be residing on your machine (note step 2).
If you've
accessed clips before, then the Add Clips
to Organizer dialog should not appear; since
the media has already been cataloged, you'll
be brought right to the Insert Clip Art dialog
(note step 3). |
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When
the Add Clips to Organizer dialog
appears, click the Now button
to catalog all your media.
You may
want to be selective in terms of what type of
media you want added by the Organizer or, if
you have more than one hard drive on your computer,
which drive(s) you want to search. Click the Options button
to make these selections.
If you've
recently used the Organizer, click the Later button
to pass by this function, taking you directly
to the Insert Clip Art dialog,
as shown and discussed in Step 3.
If you
don't want to see this dialog again, click the
check box next to the phrase "Don't
show this message again," then click
the Later button. |
First-Timers: If
this is the first time you've accessed clips, then
you'll see the Add Clips to Organizer dialog,
as shown below. This can be a powerful tool to
organize all your media clips on your hard drive;
as you use PowerPoint more and more, it will make
it easier to find and use media that you've found
and saved in the past. Cataloging may take a few
minutes, so be patient.
Experienced-Clippers. If
you've used the Clip Organizer before,
you don't need to use it again till you save
more pictures and clips to your hard drive. Skip
this step and the Insert Clip Art dialog
appears, as shown and discussed in Step 3. |
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Once
the organizer has updated your clips catalog, you'll
see the Insert Clip Art dialog on the left hand
side of the screen, as displayed below in Figure
1. The part of the dialog that we want right now
is in the upper portion of the box.
First,
choose what type of clip art you're looking for.
If you want pictures of Angels, type "Angel" (without
the quotes; capitalization doesn't matter, either)
in the Search text: field, as
displayed in Figure 2.
Then click
the Search button. If you want
arrows, type "arrow;" if you
want buttons, type "buttons." |
Once
you click search, and after a moment's delay during
which the search process is started, samples of the
graphics included in your desired category are shown
in the dialog, as displayed in Figure 3. By sliding
the slider to the right of the thumbnail samples,
you can cursor up and down through the found samples,
till you find the one you want. |
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Figure
1: The entire Add Clip Art dialog
box.
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Figure
2: Searching for specific types of clip
art; in this case, we want to find images
of angels.
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Figure 3: Sample thumbnails of the found clip art graphics are shown
in the Add Clip Art dialog. |
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Select
a graphic by using the left-mouse button, and double-clicking
on it. |
A
copy of the graphic will be transferred to the
active slide in the work area. |
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To
resize the graphic, grab one of the handles by left
clicking on the handle (Figure 1), and dragging it
to the proper size (Figure 2). |
A
two-headed arrow will appear when the cursor is over
one of the handles, when you click on the handle
and drag it a dotted line will appear around the
graphic showing the size that the graphic will be
when when the mouse button is released and the graphic
is resized. |
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Figure 1: The original-sized graphic.
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Figure 2: The enlarged graphic. |
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The
graphic may not be where you want it; here's how
to move it to another part of the slide.
Click on
the graphic; hold the left-mousebutton down.
Drag the graphic to the proper position on your
slide |
A
four-headed arrow will appear, as the graphic is
moved a dotted line will appear that shows the location
that the graphic will appear when the mouse button
is released. |
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Figure
1: The graphic in its original place.
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Figure
2: The graphic moved to another part of the
slide. |
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