Powerpoint pictures

[Guest]

I have a big problem, I have been working on this presentation that has come
very big. Well going in and finishing it up and putting in my own pictures
for each slide, the pictures have been filling up the whole screen and do not
go in to the box that I picked for the slide. What can I do to fix this?

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I have a big problem, I have been working on this presentation that has come
very big. Well going in and finishing it up and putting in my own pictures
for each slide, the pictures have been filling up the whole screen and do not
go in to the box that I picked for the slide. What can I do to fix this?

Usually you can click on the picture to see "selection handles" (the little
rectangles on each corner and midway along the sides). Then click and drag one
of the corner handles to shrink the picture to the size you want.

You might also want to edit the pictures (resample them to a smaller size) in an
image editing program first. That would help keep your file sizes down.

If any of this doesn't make sense, let us know

 

[Guest]

I did start doing that with the pictures, but the slides I picked the
pictures were going in just fine then they started fill up the screen, and
not going in to the picture spot of the slide I had picked. I was going for
title and two pictures, and being able to write on what the people were
seeing as the pictures came up. Everything was going good until this started
to happen on pictures. the program was putting them in thier little holes
with no problem then it just went dumb and filled the whole screen up of the
slide I am working. Also I am working in Powerpoint 2002 XP Office.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

For starters, I'd save your work, quit PPT then shut down Windows and power off
your computer for a few minutes. Then restart and try it again in PPT. Sounds
like voodoo, I know, but sometimes it fixes the really weird ones.

If that doesn't sort it, then maybe you were relying on a feature of PowerPoint
2002 that may somehow have gotten turned off. Try this:

Choose Tools, AutoCorrect Options from the menu
Click the "AutoFormat As You Type" tab
Put a check next to "Automatic layout for inserted objects"
Click OK

See if that helps.

 

[Guest]

Thank you I found that some how that one box got unchecked.

But now I have another problem. I have everything I need at hand to make the
slide show flow, but thier are certain words I would like to highlight when
the text is coming in. And I can't seem to find the control to make this
work, or can I even do this with this version of ppt?

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Thank you I found that some how that one box got unchecked.

Great ... glad that's solved for you

But now I have another problem. I have everything I need at hand to make the
slide show flow, but thier are certain words I would like to highlight when
the text is coming in. And I can't seem to find the control to make this
work, or can I even do this with this version of ppt?

Other than selecting the words and changing their formatting (color, font,
size, boldness, etc) there's no way to highlight text in PPT like there is in
Word, for example.

But perhaps it'd work like so:

Draw a rectangle that neatly surrounds the text you want to highlight.
Send it backwards so that it's behind the text.
Select it AND the text, then group them so they move together.
Then animate at will ...

 

[Guest]

Thank you I will work on that part as I put the finishing touches to my
slides for I do have certain words I want to stand out in this show.

And now back to work and keeping this site very much in mind when I need
help in the future.
DARKSTAR