Thursday, August 13, 2009

Top Ten PowerPoint Tips #6

6. RESIZE YOUR IMAGES TO FIT THE SLIDE
It is relatively simple to add photos or documents to your slides. You can copy and paste them from a file folder, from another program that has an image showing, or you can use the PowerPoint program menus to insert any number of different items.

Once you have placed the image on the slide, don't just leave it where and how it lands by default. If you click on the image, you can then resize it, move it exactly where you'd like. Depending on the type of image, you may also be able to lighten or darken it, crop it, and/or otherwise modify it.

A resizing trick: hold down the Shift key while grabbing the corner of the image, and it will maintain its original shape. In other words, it won't distort the image into a tall and skinny version of the original.

If the image is too large for the slide, you can drag it or scroll until you can see a corner, then resize. When dragging an image, if you get near the corner of the slide, it will tend to "stick" there, helping you align it.

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