How do I put a border around a picture in Power Point

[Miss untechnical]

I'm a new user to power point and want to border pictures I bring into it
from other sources. How do I do that. I've tried a couple of options and
they don't work. I'm a design student and need this very quickly for a
presentation Thanks

 

[Michael Koerner]

Which version of PowerPoint are you using?

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Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


message I'm a new user to power point and want to border pictures I bring into it
from other sources. How do I do that. I've tried a couple of options and
they don't work. I'm a design student and need this very quickly for a
presentation Thanks

 

[ViCoSo]

Select the image, right click, select format picture, choose the
"Colors and Lines" tab.
In the Line section you can select the color, style and weight of the
border.

Good luck.

- ViCoSo
For more PowerPoint tips and tricks visit http://visualcontentsolutions.com/ppttuthome.asp.

 

[Miss untechnical]

Hi . I tried that and it did not work. I selected format pic and hit
colours and lines tab but in the lines tab it would not allow me to choose
anything. I have the worst luck with stuff on computers things that seem to
work for other people do not work for me. . This picture was from a website
and I brought it into power point so I don't know whether that has something
to do with it. I'm running Power Point 2003

 

[Miss untechnical]

Hi actually when I take the picture into power power it does not even allow
me to format it when I right click on the object all its says is move here,
copy here or cancel. When it is in word before moving it that is when I can
get into the format but not border it. I don't get it

 

[John Wilson]

I probably need to mention that images from the Internet are probably
copyright, your college may also mention this! If you used copy paste you may
also have unintentionally added links etc.

Is your image maybe an animated gif? You cannot format these in PowerPoint
you might be able to place a shape behind the image with a border so that
only the border shows around "your" picture.
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