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Clip Art Comes in All Sizes

Resize clip art to fit on slide

Resize clip art to fit on slide

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Resize Clip Art

Clip art comes in different sizes. Some will be larger than your slide while others will be tiny. Either way you may need to resize the image you want to include in you presentation.

When you click on a clip art image, tiny white circles appear on the edges of the image. These are called resizing handles (or selection handles). Dragging one of these handles allows you to enlarge or shrink your picture.

The best way to resize clip art or any picture, is to use the resizing handles located on corners of the picture, rather than the ones at top or sides of the picture. Using the corner handles will keep your image in proportion as you resize it. If you don't maintain your image's proportion it is likely to end up looking distorted or fuzzy in your presentation.

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