Rotate a picture from digital camera

[Jean Larson]

Hi,

I am trying to insert a picture taken from the digital camera (.jpg) in
a Power Point Presentation. When I do this, I am not able to rotate the
picture. The rotate feature is grayed out.

My son tried the same picture in his Power Point program and he said he
has no problem rotating the pictures from his camera.

Is there any way I can use this feature in my version of Power Point 2002.

What could be the difference between his and my power point.

Thanks,

Jean

 

[Michael Koerner]

The feature is the same in 2002(XP) Select the image then, click and hold down
the mouse button over the green dot on the "handle" that appears at the top of
the graphic. Move the mouse to the right and left to rotate the image. The only
way I could not get an image to rotate, was to insert it as an object.

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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]


Hi,

I am trying to insert a picture taken from the digital camera (.jpg) in
a Power Point Presentation. When I do this, I am not able to rotate the
picture. The rotate feature is grayed out.

My son tried the same picture in his Power Point program and he said he
has no problem rotating the pictures from his camera.

Is there any way I can use this feature in my version of Power Point 2002.

What could be the difference between his and my power point.

Thanks,

Jean

 

[Jean Larson]

Hi Mike,
Thanks for being so prompt in answering.

You said the feature should have a green dot on the "handle" that
appears at the top of the graphic.

That is my problem. When I insert a picture, there is no green dot to
rotate and the feature in the toolbar is grayed out so it does not allow
me to rotate.

I tried to insert the .jpg picture as an object but there is no way to
do it. The object types are Bitmap Image, Calendar Creator, Adobe
Photoshop Image, etc. but not a jpg file.

Thanks again for your help.

Jean

 

[Michael Koerner]

Like I said in my original reply The only way I could *not* get it to rotate,
was to insert it as an object (no green dot). If you select bmp, then you can
insert you .jpg
as an object. How are you inserting your images? You might try a detect and
repair onyour powerpoint program, to see if that clears up the problem. Can you
rotate images that do not come from your digital camera?
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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]


Hi Mike,
Thanks for being so prompt in answering.

You said the feature should have a green dot on the "handle" that
appears at the top of the graphic.

That is my problem. When I insert a picture, there is no green dot to
rotate and the feature in the toolbar is grayed out so it does not allow
me to rotate.

I tried to insert the .jpg picture as an object but there is no way to
do it. The object types are Bitmap Image, Calendar Creator, Adobe
Photoshop Image, etc. but not a jpg file.

Thanks again for your help.

Jean

 

[Sonia]

Are you certain that you have PowerPoint 2002 and not PowerPoint 2000? To
verify, go to Help > About Microsoft PowerPoint .

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I tried to insert the .jpg picture as an object but there is no way to

do it. The object types are Bitmap Image, Calendar Creator, Adobe
Photoshop Image, etc. but not a jpg file.

Insert as object .. that's likely the reason for the problem.

Instead, choose Insert, Picture, From File and pick the JPG you want.
If you still don't see the green handle when you select the inserted picture,
doublecheck your PowerPoint version. 2002 and up let you rotate images; 2000 and
previous don't.

 

[Jean Larson]

Hi Steve,

I guess that is the answer to my problem. I am using Power Point 2000
and you said that 2000 didn't work in this version. Oh well, I guess I
will have to try to upgrade my Power Point to 2003.

Thanks for your help, I never thought about having an older version of
Power Point. At least it solves my question.

Jean