cropping pictures in WinXP Powerpoint 2002

[DL]

Hi,
I have successfully cropped pictures inside powerpoint before, but I have
been given a powerpoint and asked to work on it and I'm not allowed to crop
any of the pictures (the crop tool is grayed out when I select the
individual pictures). The trouble is, they desparately need cropped! The
form I normally work with is .jpg. Could it be that these are not that
format, and they need to be?

Thanks in advance,
DL

 

[Sonia]

Right click one of the pictures and see whether one of the options is "Format
AutoShape". I suspect that the creator may have used Insert > Picture > New
Photo Album, which inserts each picture as the fill of a rectangle. That would
explain why they can't be cropped.

 

[DL]

okay, Sonia, you are correct. They used Photo Album.
At least now I understand that limitation. Since I have the individual
pictures (about 200), is there a way to import them and still be able to
crop?

 

[Sonia]

Yes. I highly recommend Image Importer Wizard, which will save you tons of
time. See it at http://skp.mvps.org/iiw.htm

 

[DL]

thank you. You are great.

okay, Sonia, you are correct. They used Photo Album.
At least now I understand that limitation. Since I have the individual
pictures (about 200), is there a way to import them and still be able to
crop?