Objective 2: Insert Online

Pictures
You can insert images and other media into a presentation from your files or
online sources. A clip is a single media file such as art, sound, animation, or a
movie.

PowerPoint 2: GO! Learn How Video, Objective 2

N OT DISTR
O I B
D

UT
-
© P E A RS O N

E
.ROJ...
E
ISP
U
FO

Activity 2.05: Inserting Online

.Q
R

RE

HE
LF
T

Pictures in a Content
PR IVAT Placeholder
OFW
I
E US E
PowerPoint searches Bing when you insert an online picture. You can use various
keywords to find online images that are appropriate for your documents.

1. Display Slide 5. On the Insert tab, in the Images group, click Pictures, and

then click Online Pictures. With the insertion point in the Search box, type
water press , and wait a few seconds to search for images that contain
the keyword water and then compare your screen with Figure 2.7.

813

Figure 2.7
 2. Select a horizontal image of water droplets, similar to Figure 2.8.

The results shown indicate the images are licensed under Creative
Commons, which, according to www.creativecommons.org is “a
nonprofit organization that enables the sharing and use of creativity
and knowledge through free legal tools.” Creative Commons helps
people share and use their photographs, but does not allow companies
to sell them. For your college assignments, you can use these images so

OT DISTR
long as you are not profiting by selling the images.
N
O I B
D
To find out more about Creative Commons, go to

UT
-

https://creativecommons.org and watch their video.

© P E A RS O N

E
.ROJ...
Note
E
ISP
Unable to Locate Similar Image
U
FO

.Q

If you are unable to locate a suitable image or would prefer to have your project
R

RE

H
LF that is included
T

Eyou can insert the picture p02A_Water

match this text exactly,
PR
IVA
with the data files for this project. F WI
T E US E O

Figure 2.8
 OT DISTR
3. With the water picture selected, click Insert. If necessary, close the Designer

pane and approve the Alt Text.

O N I
D B
On the ribbon, the Picture Format tab display, and the water image is

UT
-

surrounded by sizing handles, indicating that it is selected. Your

© P E A RS O N

E
ribbon may also display the Shape tab.

814

Note .ROJ...
E
UISP
FO

Designer Pane
.Q
R

RE

H
LF The pane includes
T

E open each time you insert a picture.

The Designer pane may
PR I
ideas for ways to format andIlayout W you will not use these
VA a slide. In thisFproject,
T E US E O
suggestions, so you can close the pane each time it opens.

4. If necessary, select only the textbox below the inserted image, and then

press . Save your presentation.

Note
Credit Line Below Inserted Image

When you insert an online image, PowerPoint might include a credit line below
the image. This includes copyright information such as author name and CC
(Creative Commons) licenses. When using the work of others, you should
appropriately cite your sources. For this exercise, you can delete this information
so that your screen will match the figures in this text more closely.

Activity 2.06: Inserting

O T DI S T Pictures in
O N RI
Any Location
D on a Slide B

UT
-

1. Display Slide 1. On the Insert tab, in the Images group, click Pictures. Click
© P E A RS O N

E
This Device.

Mac Tip .ROJ...

E
ISP
U
FO

Click Pictures and then click Picture from File.

.Q
R

RE

HE
LF
T

PR WI
IVAT
E USE OF
2. In the Insert Picture dialog box, navigate to the data files for this project,

click p02A_Red_Light, and then click Insert. Compare your screen with
Figure 2.9. Save your presentation.

When you insert an image from the ribbon instead of from the button
in a content placeholder, PowerPoint inserts the image in the center of
the slide.

Figure 2.9
 Activity 2.07: Sizing a Picture
N OT DISTR
O I B
D

UT
-
© P E A RS O N

MOS 3.3.1

E
.ROJ...
A selected image displays sizing handles that you can drag to resize the image.
You can also resize an image using the Shape Height and Shape Width boxes on
the Format tab. E
UISP

1. If necessary, select the picture of the red light. On the Picture Format tab,
FO

.Q
R

in the Size group, click in the Shape Height box , and then replace the
RE

HE
LF
T

selected number with 3.5

PR W I
IVAT
2. Press to resize the image. Notice E OtheF picture is resized
E USthat
proportionately, and the Width box of this image displays 5.26.
Compare your screen with Figure 2.10. Save your presentation.

When a picture is resized in this manner, the width adjusts in

proportion to the picture height.

815

Figure 2.10
By Touch N OT DISTR
O I B
D
Drag the corner sizing handle with your finger or mouse to resize the picture

UT
-

proportionately.
© P E A RS O N

E
.ROJ...
E
ISP
Activity 2.08: Using Smart Guides
U
FO

and the Ruler to Position a Picture

.Q
R

RE

H
LF
T

EP I
RIV
ATE USE OF W
MOS 3.5.4

Smart guides are dashed lines that display on your slide when you are moving an
object to assist you with alignment.

1. On the View tab, in the Show group, verify that the Ruler check box is

selected and if necessary, select the check box. On the horizontal and
vertical rulers, notice that 0 displays in the center. Click the picture, and
then drag up so that the top edge of the picture aligns with the top edge of
the slide. Compare your screen with Figure 2.11.
 Horizontally, the PowerPoint ruler indicates measurements from the
center of the slide out to the left and to the right. Vertically, the
PowerPoint ruler indicates measurements from the center up and down.

Figure 2.11

N OT DISTR
816
2. Point to the right edge IB pointer. Hold
O of the picture to display the
down
D
, and then slowly drag the picture to the right and notice that

UT
-
© P E A RS O N

dashed red Smart Guides periodically display along the edges of the picture.

E
When the dashed red Smart Guide displays on the right edge of the picture
at approximately 6 inches to the right of zero on the horizontal ruler,

.ROJ...
compare your screen with Figure 2.12, and then release the mouse button.
Save your presentation.

E
ISP
Smart Guides display when you move an object and it is aligned with
U

another object on the slide. Pressing while dragging an object

FO

.Q

constrains object movement in a straight line either vertically or

R

RE

H F placement of the
T

horizontally.EHere, pressing maintains theLvertical

PR W I
IVAofTthe slide. Note
picture at the top edge
E USE OFthis does not have any effect
on a Mac.

Figure 2.12
Another Way
On the Picture Format tab, in the Size group, click More to open the Format
Picture pane. On the Size and Properties tab, set the position by entering values
in the Horizontal position and Vertical position boxes measured from the top left
corner or the center of the slide. For this Activity, enter 7.5 in the Horizontal
position box and 0 in the Vertical position box.

More KnowledgeNOT DISTR

O IB
D
Moving an Object by Using the Arrow Keys

UT
-
© P E A RS O N

E
You can use the directional arrow keys on your keyboard to move a picture,
shape, or other object in small increments. Select the object so that its outside
border displays as a solid line. Then, on your keyboard, press the directional

.ROJ...
arrow keys to move the selected object in small, precise increments.

E
UISP
FO

.Q
R

RE

HE
LF
T

PR I
Activity 2.09:IVCropping
ATE USE OFa
WPicture

MOS 3.3.1

When you crop a picture, you remove unwanted or unnecessary areas of the
picture.

1. Display Slide 6, and then select the picture. On the Picture Format tab, in

the Size group, click the upper portion of the Crop button to display the
 crop handles on the edges of the picture. Compare your screen with Figure
2.13.

Use the PowerPoint crop handles like sizing handles to remove

unwanted areas of the picture.

817

Figure 2.13

N OT DISTR
O I B
D

UT
2. Point to the center left crop handle to display the crop pointer.
-
© P E A RS O N

E
The crop pointer is the mouse pointer that displays when cropping
areas of a picture.

.ROJ...
3. With the crop pointer displayed, hold down the left mouse button and drag

to the right to approximately 1 inch to the right of zero on the horizontal

ruler, and then release the mouse button. Compare your screen with Figure
ISP
E
2.14.
U
FO

.Q

The portion of the picture to be removed by the crop displays in gray.

R

RE

HE
LF
T

PR WI
IVAT
Figure 2.14 E USE OF

4. On the Picture Format tab, in the Size group, click the upper portion of the

Crop button to apply the crop. Compare your screen with Figure 2.15 and
 then Save your presentation.

Another Way
Press or click outside the picture to apply the crop.

818

Figure 2.15

N OT DISTR
O I B
D

UT
-
© P E A RS O N

E
Activity 2.10: Using the Crop to .ROJ...
E
ISP

Shape Command to Change the

U
FO

.Q

Shape of HaEPicture
R

RE

LF
T

PR
IVAT F WI
E US E O

MOS 3.3.1

An inserted picture is typically rectangular in shape; however, you can modify a

picture by changing its shape.

1. Display Slide 1, and then select the picture. On the Picture Format tab, in

the Size group, click the lower portion of the Crop button—the Crop arrow
—and then compare your screen with Figure 2.16.
 Figure 2.16

2. Point to Crop to Shape to display a gallery of shapes. Under Basic Shapes,

in the first row, click the first shape—Oval—to change the picture’s shape
to an oval. Compare your screen with Figure 2.17.

819

Figure 2.17

N OT DISTR
O I B
D

UT
-
© P E A RS O N

E
.ROJ...
3. Save your presentation.
E
ISP
U
FO

.Q
R

RE

HE
LF
T

PR WI
IVAT
E USE OF