Question
How do I insert an image in PowerPoint?
Answer
Maybe you're including portrait photos of company executives, or you want a piece of clipart to accentuate slide content.
- To insert a picture of your own, click Insert then Pictures
- The picture will be positioned within the placeholder border
- Once your picture is inserted, what if you want to resize it or give it special effects? First, select the picture on the slide
- Picture Tools appear on the Ribbon. Click the Format tab, and use buttons and options there to work with the picture. You can give it square or curved edges; apply a shadow or glow; add a colored border; crop it or size it, and so on
Inserting a picture from the slide itself is handy. It's an especially good method if you have more than one placeholder on the slide because, when you insert using the slide icons, the picture goes within the same placeholder.
Don't forget the Insert tab! You can use the Insert tab to insert a picture, too — as well as many other slide elements. The only difference in using this method is that sometimes PowerPoint has to guess which placeholder you want the picture to go in.
For the purposes of this class, choose a presentation idea (a class lecture, personal introduction, etc). Since we are inserting pictures, use the clip art option and pick an image that corresponds to your presentation.
For more information on PowerPoint, please view the full tutorial here
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