Lesson 2: How to Create the Core of Your Presentation
How to Modify Images
There will be times when you want to modify an existing image. You might want to change colors in a picture or logo. We’ll look at some ways to modify images. Refer to (Step by Step) Chapter 9, pg.170.
To begin, open a slide that contains a Clip Art image.
How to change the size of your image
If you click once on the Clip Art image, small boxes will appear around the perimeter of the image. To change the height of your image hover your cursor over one of the boxes at the top of the picture. Your cursor will change from cross hairs to a vertical up and down arrow. Hold down the left mouse button and drag. The height of your image should increase.
You can repeat this procedure to change the width of your image by hovering over a box on either side of your image.
However, it may be important to keep the proportion of your image. In this case, hover over a box in one of the corners of the perimeter. Your cursor cross hairs will become diagonal arrows. Drag the size of the image using your mouse.
Note: It is important to verify that you have arrows when you hover over a perimeter box. If your cursor is still a cross hair then you will move the image instead of resizing it. This can take practice and at times will be frustrating.
If at anytime while you are resizing an image and you do something that you want to undo, just select “Undo” from the Edit menu. Another option is to save often and retreat back to your previously saved copy.
The Picture Toolbar
Now let’s play with the image color and impact. To do this we can use the Picture Toolbar. If your Picture toolbar is not present, open the View menu. Select Toolbars and make sure there is a check mark next to the word Picture. Often it will appear as a “floating” toolbar, which you can move around your screen. Floating toolbars can be convenient, but sometimes they are hard to find!
Quick Tip: If you are unsure of what a specific toolbar icon does, just place your cursor over the icon. Wait a few moments and it will tell you what the icon does. This applies to all toolbars.
The second icon from the right is the “Image Control” icon. Left mouse click once on this icon and you have the following options: Automatic, Grey Scale, Black & White, and Watermark.
The Automatic option keeps the original format of the Clip Art. Gray Scale allows you to change your color image into a gray scaled image. Black & White turns the Clip Art into a vivid black and white image. Watermark lightens the image so that you can place text in front of it. This is commonly used in corporate documents.
The next four icons change the contrast and brightness of the image. This is similar to the contrast and brightness options on your television set.
We’re going to skip the next two options, crop and line style, as they are advanced features. The next icon is called “Recolor Picture”. This allows you to totally change the colors in the image. The last icon resets the image to its original state. This can come in handy when you are playing around with the image.
