Adding Pictures to Slides

• Add Clip Art to your slide while in Slides
  • From the Insert menu, select Picture, then Clip Art…. OR you can use the Clip Art icon. Depending on the slide layout you have selected, the icon should appear on the slide as shown below:

• If using a blank slide or another slide layout that does not show the option above, you can insert the clipart by clicking on the icon located on the drawing toolbar which is usually located at the bottom of the document window.



• In the Search for: Search text: box type in the “art” you might want and click on the Search button. Explore the options.

• Click on the clip art item you wish to add to your slide.
• Practice moving and resizing the Clip Art. Click once on the item to select it, then drag the “handles” (boxes at corners and sides) to size the object.

• Add an external photograph or picture to your slide.

• Minimize PowerPoint. (Click on the little dash button in the upper right corner.)
  
• Open the Web browser (Internet Explorer).
  
• Surf the net to find a picture you like. One such website that provides free photos is http://www.freeimages.co.uk/.
  
• Once you locate a picture you like, move the cursor over the image and hold down the right mouse button until the pop-up menu appears.
  • For students who have right click disabled, select the picture by dragging over it while holding down the left mouse button until the photo turns blue. Select Edit>Copy, then return to PowerPoint and select Edit>Paste.
    
• Select Save Image As… from the pop-up menu. Remember where you save it!
  
• Return to PowerPoint. (Click on the Microsoft PowerPoint button on the Task Bar)
  
• Go to the slide where you wish to add the picture.
  
• From the Insert menu, select Picture, then From File…..
  
• Find the image you saved from the Web and double click on it.
  
• Resize the image as necessary.

• Add a line drawing using the PowerPoint graphics tools.
  
  • Click on the AutoShapes menu from the Draw Toolbar at the bottom of the window.

• . Choose Stars and Banners, then pick a shape. Use the mouse to drag the shape to the size you like.
  
• Fill the shape with a different color.
  
  • Click on the shape to select it.
    
  • Click on the Fill Color menu on the Drawing Toolbar located at the bottom of the document window.
    
  • Click on the Fill Color of your choice.