Using PowerPoint for Graphics

Page 1 of 1  Using PowerPoint for Graphics  Nikki Massaro Kauffman, nikkimk@psu.edu  Lesson #1: Find more images via Microsoft Online & Flickr.  Exercise #1a: Use Expand your ClipArt gallery with Microsoft Online.  1. On the Ribbon, click the Insert tab.  2. Find the Illustrations group and click the Clip Art button.  The Clip Art  panel appears.  3. In the Search for field, try one of the following and click  Go:   a. Student  b. Read  c. Library  4. Now try clicking on the Clip art on Microsoft Online link.   You will be taken to a Website.  5. On the Microsoft Office Clip Art Online Website, enter the same search  term into the Clip Art field and click Search.  6. Place checkmarks next to files you wish to download to your Clip Art gallery.  7. When you are finished making selections, find the Selection Basket section  on the left and click the Download # Items link.  You will be taken to a  download page.  8. Follow the download instructions on the page.  The Clip Art will be added to  your Clip Art gallery.  (Macs may have additional tweaking.)    Exercise #1b: How was the selection from Microsoft Online different from your  initial search of your local ClipArt gallery?  Do you plan on using Microsoft Online  in the future?  TIP: Go to the Discovery Day session on Using Flickr Quicker or go to  https://wikispaces.psu.edu/display/training/Using+Creative+Commons+Image s+from+Flickr to learn about another site you can use for images.        Lesson #2: Create objects the way that artists do, by breaking them down into  simple shapes.  Exercise #2a: Use Shapes tool to create footprints.  1. On the Ribbon, click the Insert tab.  2. Find the Illustrations group and click the Shapes button.  A dropdown menu  of shapes will appear.  3. Under Basic Shapes, select the Oval. 

4. Use the Oval to draw a foot.  When you finish you will see a series of white  dots and squares surrounding the Oval as well as a single green dot above it.  5. Shape, resize, and/or position your Oval as necessary:  a. Use the white dots on the corners of your Oval to resize it.  b. Use the white squares to adjust its proportions.  c. Use the green dot to rotate it.  6. Click the Shapes button again.  7. Under Basic Shapes, select the Chord. When you finish you will see the same  white dots and squares and the same green dot.   However, you will also see two yellow diamonds.   8. Shape, resize, and/or position your Chord as you did  with your Oval.  9. Use the yellow diamonds to alter the angles of your  Chord.  10. Move the Oval and Chord together, making the  necessary adjustments until they look like a single  footprint.  11. Select both the Oval and Chord, right‐click.  A context sensitive menu will  appear.  12. Choose Group to group the items together as a single object.  13. Click CTRL+C to copy this item and then CTRL+V to paste.  A second  footprint will appear.  14. Select both, right‐click and select Group from the context‐sensitive menu to  create a single graphic.   TIP: This graphic can be copied, rotated, resized, and/or combined with  other graphics to create the art you see here.      Exercise #2b: What shapes were used to construct  the graphic on the right?    Exercise #2c: Use the Shapes button to make a  graphic of your own.  Lesson #3: Combine several images or shapes; make a collage!  Exercise #3a: Make an image for a presentation called “Email Safety: Avoiding  Emotional Injury in the Workplace”.  1. Search Microsoft Online for the photos pictured on the  right and place checkmarks next to them.  2. Add these images to your Clip Art gallery.  3. Insert the hard hat first.  4. Select the Picture and the Picture Tools Format tab will  appear on the Ribbon.  5. Click on the Format tab.  Last printed 1/7/10 2:45 PM 

Page 3 of 3  6. Under Picture Styles, choose Rotated, White.  The image will be rotated  with a thick white border.  (If the border seems too thick, undo, make the  image larger, and try again.)  7. Now insert the @ symbol.    8. Select the Picture and choose FormatPicture StylesSoft Edge Oval  Picture Style.  The image will be cropped around the @ symbol.  9. Drag the symbol on top of the hard hat (resizing and rotating if necessary)  and Group the two together.  You will have a new email safety graphic.    TIP: For quick and easy formatting of pictures and ClipArt, you can use the  Format tab’s Picture Styles.  You can use Picture Shape (to the right) to  change the shape, and/or Picture Border to add a border as well.  The  Picture Effects button has quick special effects that will be discussed in the  next section.  If you would like detailed formatting options, click the Format Shape  button (lower right‐hand corner of Picture Styles group) to open the  Format Shape dialog.      Exercise #3b: Look at your Libraries Discovery Day schedule and select a  presentation title.  What are some examples of images could you combine to  represent that session?     Lesson #4: When you have an abstract idea, add WordArt to the mix!    Exercise #4a: Combine images and WordArt to create a graphic for a presentation  on leadership.  1. Search local ClipArt gallery and/or Microsoft Online for several images that  represent leadership to you and insert them.  (Without the context of the  presentation or this assignment, would someone know you were trying to  represent leadership?)  2. On the Ribbon, click the Insert tab.  3. Find the Text group and click WordArt.  A dropdown menu of WordArt styles  will appear.  4. Select a style for your WordArt.  Your WordArt will be placed on the slide.  5. Click the WordArt, and change the text to “Leadership”.  Notice that the  Drawing Tools and Format tab now appear on the Ribbon.  Format is  already selected for you.  6.  Use the WordArt Styles group as necessary:  a. Click the Quick Styles dropdown menu to pick a different style.  b. Click the Text Fill button (looks like a plain letter A) to change the fill  color of your Word art. 

c. Click the Text Outline button (looks like an A drawn by a pencil) to  change the outline of the word art.  7. Click the Text Effects button (looks like a glowing A) to add special effects  like Shadow, Reflection, Glow, Bevel, 3D Rotation, and Transform.  8. Rotate, resize, and arrange the WordArt and images as you wish, making the  necessary adjustments:  a. To move an object in front of  one or more objects, choose  FormatArrangeBring  to Front, and choose Bring  Forward or Bring to Front.  b. To move an object behind  one or more objects, choose  FormatArrangeSend to Back, and choose Send Backward or  Send to Back.  c. To line up several objects evenly, select the objects, choose  FormatAlign (looks like several rectangles and a left arrow), and  then select one of the six types of alignment (Align Left, Align Center,  Align Right, Align Top, Align Middle, Align Bottom).  d. To space several objects evenly apart, select the objects, choose  FormatAlign (looks like several rectangles and a left arrow), and  then select either Distribute Horizontally or Distribute Vertically.  9. Select all of the objects, right‐click, and select Group from the context‐ sensitive menu to create a single graphic.    Exercise #4b: Take a name (i.e. yours, a friend’s, a relative’s, a favorite team’s, etc.),  and illustrate it as we did in Exercise #4a.     TIP: When selecting a piece of WordArt, the Format tab’s Shape Effects  button includes some of the same special effects as the Text Effects  (Shadow, Reflection, Glow, Bevel, and 3D Rotation) button, but works on  the WordArt text box instead of the actual text.  When selecting ClipArt or an image, this button is called Picture Effects.      Lesson #5: You can save PowerPoint slides as pictures.  Exercise #5a: Save every slide as an image.  1. Click the Office Button (multicolored Windows symbol in the upper left  corner) and choose Save AsOther Formats…   2. In the Save As dialog box, do the following:  a. Select a destination for your images.  Last printed 1/7/10 2:45 PM 

Page 5 of 5  b. Under File Name, give your collection of images a name.  c. Under Save as type, click the dropdown menu and select one of the  following image types: GIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, or BMP.  3. Click Save.  When you navigate to the destination you selected, you will find a  folder with the file name you selected.  It will contain an image of each slide.    Exercise #5b: Save a single image.  1. Make sure you have grouped and/or selected all objects that comprise the  image.  2. Select the image and right click. A context‐sensitive menu will appear.  3. Choose Save as Picture…  4. In the Save As dialog box, do the following:  a. Select a destination for your images.  b. Under File Name, give your image a  name.  c. Under Save as type, click the dropdown  menu and select an image type.  5. Click Save.  When you navigate to the destination  you selected, you will find a single image.  If this did not work, you may have  to go back and make sure you have grouped/selected every object in the  image and save again.    TIP: By saving a PowerPoint image or slide as a picture, you can use it  anywhere:  • Design an official logo.  • Export graphics for handouts.  • Create images for Websites.   

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