How to Move PowerPoint Pictures Around Quickly

121. How to Move PowerPoint Pictures Around Quickly
122. How to Add More Levels of Undo
123. How I can Turn Any 2-D Shape into a 3-D Object

121. Move PowerPoint Pictures Around Quickly
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 removes the hassle normally involved in adjusting the size and position of overlapping images on slides. You can simply drag one picture over another. The top picture will become transparent, so that you can position it accurately over the other.

122. Add More Levels of Undo
You can go back farther in Microsoft Office PowerPoint to undo actions.
1. With PowerPoint open, click the Office button, and then click PowerPoint Options.
2. On the Advanced tab, change the Maximum number of undos from the default 20 to any number from 3 to 150.

123. Turn Any 2-D Shape into a 3-D Object
Want to convert a flat shape in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 into a 3-D object? Here’s how:
1. With a slide open, click the Insert tab, and then select any shape from the Shapes ribbon. Alternately, select a shape you have created yourself.
2. Click the slide's surface to add the shape to the slide.
3. Right-click the shape, and then click Format Shape.
4. Select a solid or gradient fill. This step is not required but will enhance the 3-D look of your object.
5. Transform your shape into a 3-D object. You can add depth, bevel, contour, and surface type via the 3-D Format tab.
6. Give perspective to your 3-D shape. Rotate the object via the 3-D Rotation tab.

How i can Use my Own Pictures in SmartArt

115. How to Reuse Slides from a Slide Library
116. How to Use Your Own Pictures in SmartArt
117. how to Save PowerPoint Picture to Picture Files

115. Reuse Slides from a Slide Library
When you create a presentation, you may want to reuse slides already created and published by someone else in your organization. Microsoft Office PowerPoint can optionally notify you when the original slide is updated by its creator and synchronize the updated slide.
1. On the Home tab, click the New Slide icon. (Note: You must click the lower half of the icon to choose the types of slide that you want to insert.)
2. Click Reuse Slides at the bottom of the New Slide gallery.
3. In the text box below Insert slide from, type the Web address of the Microsoft SharePoint slide library that contains the slides that you want to reuse. PowerPoint retrieves a list of slides available from this location. Notice that as you pause on each of the slides, you can get a more detailed look at its contents.
4. Click a slide that you want to add to your presentation. If you want to be notified if this slide changes, select the Tell me when this slide changes text box.

116. Use Your Own Pictures in SmartArt
You can insert your own pictures into Microsoft SmartArt graphics in your presentation.
1. Click the Insert tab on the Ribbon, click SmartArt, and then click the SmartArt graphic that you want to insert.
2. Select the picture that you want to add to your presentation.
3. Right-click an individual shape in SmartArt, and then click Paste to insert the picture you selected.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for each shape.
5. Complete your presentation by applying your preferred background design.

117. Save PowerPoint Picture to Picture Files
To save a picture from a Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 presentation in any popular picture format:
Right-click the image, click Save as, and then click Picture.

How I can Inspect Presentation for Comments and Metadata

79. How to Use Table Styles
80. How to Create a Photo Album
81. How to Inspect Presentation for Comments and Metadata

79. Use Table Styles
You can easily improve the look of your tables in seconds by using table styles in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007.
1. Select the table that you want to format.
2. A set of Table Tools contextual tabs appears on the user interface. Click the Design tab to reach the Table Styles gallery.
3. Browse through the available prebuilt styles by pausing on each table. You’ll see a preview of your table’s appearance with that style.
4. Click the table format that you like, and apply the changes to your presentation. You can use the other features and galleries on the Design and Layout tabs to further customize your table.

80. Create a Photo Album
Using the new Photo Album feature in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, you can quickly create a photo album presentation with pictures consistently sized, placed, framed, and even captioned.
To create a photo album, on the Insert tab, click Photo Album. In the Photo Album dialog box, click File/Disk under Insert picture from to locate and select your pictures. You can edit pictures, add captions to pictures, and customize the picture layout and framing format, all from the dialog box. When finished, click Create to generate the presentation.
To enable captions, in the Picture layout box, select a layout other than the default Fit to slide layout. If you have enabled captions for all pictures, the default caption text is the picture file name.
Note that if you don’t select a theme in the Photo Album dialog box, your album uses the Office theme. You can apply a different theme at any time from the Design tab.
You can edit album slides directly as in any PowerPoint presentation. Or on the Insert tab, click the arrow at the bottom of the Photo Album icon, and then click Edit Photo Album.

81. Inspect Your Presentation for Comments and Metadata
If you need to publish your presentation outside your organization, you may want to remove comments, notes hidden in the text, or other personally identifiable information. Often this type of information is added to the document in the process of creating it.
1. Click the Office button, and then on the Prepare menu, click Inspect Document. (If you haven’t saved your document yet, you will be prompted to do so.)
2. Select the items that you want the Document Inspector to look for. Most of these items will be selected by default.
3. Click Inspect to begin the inspection process.
4. You’ll receive a list of inspection results. Click Remove All next to any items you want to have removed from the document.
5. Click Close to close this wizard. You may want to resave your document now that this information is removed.

How I can Select Shapes Using the SmartArt Text Pane

7. How to Select Shapes Using the SmartArt Text Pane
8. How to Add Professional Charts
9. How to Customize Your Pictures

7. Select Shapes Using the SmartArt Text Pane
When editing a SmartArt graphic, you can edit the text directly in the diagram shapes or in the SmartArt text pane. You can also select shapes by selecting their associated text in the text pane.

To do this, click into your SmartArt graphic. If the text pane does not automatically appear, click the arrow icons that appear on the left edge of the diagram selection frame. Then either click into a bulleted paragraph in the text pane to select the related shape, or drag your insertion point to select text in several bulleted paragraphs in order to select multiple shapes. You can also hold the CTRL key while dragging to select non-contiguous paragraphs.

Note that you can use the text pane to select shapes whether your SmartArt graphic is in the 2007 release of Microsoft Office PowerPoint, Word, or Excel.

8. Add Professional Charts
You can quickly add impact to your slides by using the Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 charting tools. Use charts to better illustrate, compare, and communicate data to your audience.
1. Go to the Insert tab and click the Chart icon.
2. Select the type of chart that best suits your needs—for example, a line, bar, pie, area, or surface chart.
3. If you have Microsoft Office Excel 2007 installed, the program will open and enable you to change the data behind your chart.
4. Explore and use the options in the contextual tabs under Chart Tools to alter the design, format, and layout of your chart.

9. Customize Your Pictures
You can apply style, shadow, and crop effects to the pictures that you add to your presentations. You can create great-looking effects with just a few clicks.
1. On the Insert tab, click the Picture icon to browse for a picture to add to your slide.
2. After selecting your picture, go to the Picture Tools Format tab to see the available formatting options.
3. Pause on the items in the Picture Styles gallery to preview each of the prebuilt options. If you find a style you like, click it to apply the formatting to your picture.
4. If you want to apply custom formatting, select options from the Picture Shape, Picture Border, and Picture Effects galleries.