Pasting screen shots into a Powerpoint presentation

[jeremy]

Hi, when I take screen shots (am using Win XP SP2 and using Alt +
PrtScn) then paste them into a blank slide in Powerpoint 2003, I have to
adjust the properties of the pasted image afterwards to get it to fit
the slide properly:
- Format Picture
- Position Tab
- Horizontal 0
- Vertical 0
- Size
- Best scale for slide show
- Resolution 1024x768 (for this laptop)

Having to do this for potentially dozens of screen shots is a pain, is
there a way to set these properties as defaults or some other more
effective way to embed correctly sized scren shots into my
presentations?

Thanks for any pointers.

 

[Glen Millar]

Hi,

First, go to www.pptools.com and download the Starter Set. It has an option
to remember a position and size of an object (in this case, an image) ,and
then hammer each later image to that size and position. The starter one is
free.

http://www.pptools.com/starterset/index.html

http://www.pptools.com/starterset/faqindex.htm

As for print screen, personally I'd get something like Snag It from
TechSmith. You can do multiple screen captures and automatically export them
to file. Then it is easy to load them all into PowerPoint in one hit.

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Regards,
Glen Millar
Microsoft PPT MVP

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[Lucy Thomson (aka aneasiertomorrow)]

Hi Jeremy

One way to achieve this would be to paste the screen shots into picture
manager then import them into powerpoint using the photo album feature
(having first set up a template to base the photo album on that is how you
want your screenshots to appear).

Post back if you need more info. I might as well give you these links now:
BATCH IMPORT images into PowerPoint
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00050.htm
Or use the Image Importer Wizard
http://skp.mvps.org/iiw.htm

Lucy

 

[jeremy]

Hi Jeremy

One way to achieve this would be to paste the screen shots into picture
manager then import them into powerpoint using the photo album feature
(having first set up a template to base the photo album on that is how you
want your screenshots to appear).

Post back if you need more info. I might as well give you these links now:
BATCH IMPORT images into PowerPoint
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00050.htm
Or use the Image Importer Wizard
http://skp.mvps.org/iiw.htm

Thanks for the tips Lucy, I followed Glen's suggestions.

 

[jeremy]

Hi,

First, go to www.pptools.com and download the Starter Set. It has an option
to remember a position and size of an object (in this case, an image) ,and
then hammer each later image to that size and position. The starter one is
free.

http://www.pptools.com/starterset/index.html

http://www.pptools.com/starterset/faqindex.htm

As for print screen, personally I'd get something like Snag It from
TechSmith. You can do multiple screen captures and automatically export them
to file. Then it is easy to load them all into PowerPoint in one hit.

Ok that's great, does simplify things somewhat. Also am trying out Snag
It - looks to be a very useful tool.

Many thanks,
jeremy