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Power Point Working With Images

Placing images on your slides will add interest as they help your audience to understand your topic. All your images should be directly connected to your topic.

To Use Your Original Pictures.

Step One - You will first scan your illustrations. Open Desk Scan II from the Launcher; click the "Preview" button on the bottom left of the dialogue box; the picture is now visible; select the section of the photo you need; click "Final" on the bottom right of the dialogue box; type in the name of your image with the extension .pict (eg. photo.pict); find your way back to your server account and save the picture in your project folder.

Step Two - To place your picture on your slide toggle back to PowerPoint and find the slide you need; go to "Insert" on the menu; click and drag down to "Picture"; a dialogue box will appear; find the picture you saved in your server account and select it; then hit "OK"; the picture will now appear on your slide.

Using a Graphic from the Web

Step One - Finding Pictures to support your topic.
Go to the GA home page http://www.ga.k12.pa.us; select "Curricular Technology"; near the bottom of the page see "Web Page Creation"; click it; and click on "Jill Tickler's Clip Art"; click on miscellaneous or animations; open up different images for viewing.

Step Two - Getting the address - When you find the picture you need; select the address in the "Location Area"on the top of the Netscape window by clicking and dragging the mouse over it. The address will be something like http://www.forum.swarthmore.edu/~carol/ . Once you have selected the address, you need to copy it by going to "Edit and select Copy". Go to the "Finder" and select the PowerPoint application and go to a bibliography slide. Go to "Edit" and "Paste". The address should now be on the page. You need to give credit to

Step Three - To get the picture you need, toggle back to Netscape by going to "Finder" and selecting Netscape; clicking and holding the mouse down on the image until a menu; select "copy this image"; toggle back to Power Point by going to the finder and selecting PowerPoint; Find the slide you need and go to "Edit" and "Paste".

This project developed by Debbie Mersky for the Germantown Academy Middle School with technical assistance from Carol Siwinski, Curricular Technology Specialist.

Last updated January 29, 1998