Photos are an important part of any PowerPoint presentation. Photos have more impact than any text slide to get your point across. Here are ten photo tips to make your presentations stand out above the rest.
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1. Optimize Photos to Use in PowerPoint
photos © Cathy Moreau
PowerPoint presentations are often filled with photos. Photo presentations can frequently monopolize the resources of the computer due to the size and number of photos used, resulting in a sluggish computer or even a computer crash if the photos are left too large. This is where editing comes into play.
Optimizing photos is an term used to indicate a change to a photo or a graphic such as clip art, to reduce it in both visual size and file size, for use in other programs.
2. Add Photos and Clip Art to PowerPoint Slides
Search for PowerPoint clip art © Wendy Russell
3. Compress Photos in PowerPoint
Compress pictures in PowerPoint © Wendy Russell
4. Crop Pictures in PowerPoint
Crop pictures in PowerPoint © Wendy Russell
Cropping pictures in PowerPoint has two bonuses for your presentation.
- You get rid of extra stuff in the picture that is not necessary to make your point.
- You reduce the overall file size of your presentation.
5. Create Pictures from PowerPoint Slides
Save PowerPoint slide as a photo © Wendy Russell
6. Black and White to Color Photo Animations in PowerPoint
Change photo from b & w to color © Wendy Russell
7. Quick Photo Fixes in PowerPoint 2003
Crop photo to reduce file size © Wendy Russell
8. Create Digitial Photo Albums in PowerPoint 2003
Create a digital photo album © Wendy Russell
It is easy to create a digital photo album in PowerPoint. An added bonus is that once completed, you can save the presentation to use on the web as an online photo album.
See Also - Troubleshoot PowerPoint 2003 Digital Photo Albums
9. 9 Tips to Jazz Up Your Digital Photo Albums
You can make it a really special photo album by adding a few "bells and whistles" to jazz it up.10. PowerPoint Video - Importing and Arranging Media
Flash Movie © Sandi Bumstead, used with permission
Want to spice up your PowerPoint presentations with images or even video? This short video shows you how to import, adjust, and arrange media into your slides.
See Also - 10 Graphics Tips for PowerPoint 2003
