Image Cropping Problem

[Jim Nazaruk]

I am working on a finished presentation put together by someone else - I'm
cleaning up the rough spots. Some of the pictures that were used in the
presentation were scans that needed cropped. The person that put the
presentation together didn't have image editing capabilities, so they used
the scans as they were. I want to crop the scans that need cropped which are
in the presentation already.



First, I took all the images into PhotoShop and cropped them, thinking that
when I saved the file, it would use the cropped images in place of the ones
originally in the file (I did save another copy of the presentation, just in
case). However, I was wrong and it continues to show the uncropped images.



This isn't such a big deal and I am able to crop most of them with the tools
in PowerPoint, but have come across a problem. On one slide, there are five
images that fly in at different times and more or less cover one another. As
it turns out, the only image that needs cropped on this slide is the first
image that appears and is eventually nearly covered by the other four
images. When I select it, it remains hidden by the other images and the
hidden part is where it needs cropped. How do I isolate this one image on
the slide, so I can see it to crop it?



I really don't want to redo the entire slide if I don't have to since there
are so many things going on in it, and there may be more like this as I go
along. So, as I said, is there anyway to isolate that one image on the slide
(without the others) so I can crop it while I can see it?



Incidentally, I am using MS Powerpoint 2002 w/SP3.



Thanks in advance to anyone who can give me any pointers on this subject!



Jim

 

[Jean-Pierre FORESTIER]

Use the TAB key until you select the good image

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

This isn't such a big deal and I am able to crop most of them with the tools
in PowerPoint, but have come across a problem. On one slide, there are five
images that fly in at different times and more or less cover one another. As
it turns out, the only image that needs cropped on this slide is the first
image that appears and is eventually nearly covered by the other four
images. When I select it, it remains hidden by the other images and the
hidden part is where it needs cropped. How do I isolate this one image on
the slide, so I can see it to crop it?

If you grab our free PPT2HTML demo at http://ppt2html.pptools.com, you can use
the layering tool that's part of the Accessibility Assistant tool to move the
image to the top of the stack where you can get it it, then move it back.

 

[Guest]

Highlight the object that you wish to crop. Then, using the ORDER button,
bring it forward one position at a time, keeping count of the number of
clicks required to bring it to the front. Then you can crop the image.
Increasing the size to 400% helps with accuracy. Also, turning off SNAP TO
GRID helps as well.

When you are happy with the look of the image, send it backwards for the
same number of clicks using the ORDER button. Then you will have cropped your
image without disturbing its position on the slide.

 

[Jim Nazaruk]

Thanks to all who replied to my post!

I found the Order button after I posted this request for help (as usual!).
It's been a couple years since I've worked on a presentation and I can see
I'm going to have to brush up on my PowerPoint skills!

Once again, thanks to all!

Jim