The object gets rotated

If you hold down the shift key while dragging the corner , the object gets rotated at an interval of 15degrees

The steps to rotate an object by 90degrees to the left are:

1.Select the object that you want to by 90degrees to the left

2.Select the Rotate or Flip potion from  the Draw menu on the Drawing toolbar

3.Select the Rotate Left option from the Rotate or Flip menu

The object gets rotted by 90 degrees to the left :

The steps to rotate an object by 90degrees to the  right:

1.Select the object that yogi want to rotate by 90degrees tithe right

2. Select the Rotate or flip option from the Draw menu on the Drawing toolbar

3.Select the Rotate Right option from the Rotate or Flip menu

The object gets rotated by 90degrees to the right .

Working With Clipart

Adding a picture From the ClipArt Galley

PowerPoint provides various types of pictures, sounds,  photographs and video clops in its Clipart gallery. You can use the Clipart gallery to insert any of these: The steps to insert any Clipart object are:  

1.     Click on the Insert ClipArt button on the Drawing toolbar The Insert ClipArt dialog box is displayed (refer Figure..9)

2.     Select the Pictures tab

3. Click on the category from which you want to insert pictures various clops are displayed.
4. Select the picture you want to insert A callout appears which displays various buttons as shown in Figure 2.10.

·        Insert clip – to insert the clip in the currently displayed slide.

• Preview clip – to see the image of the clip.
• Add clip to Favorites of other category- to add the clip to another category or your favorites folder.
• Find similar clips – to find the clips depicting the same theme.
• Click on the Insert clip button and close the dialog box The picture gets inserted in the slide.

Scaling and Sizing a ClipArt Picture

You Can resize any object including the ClipArt picture. The steps to resize the picture are:

1.     Select the ClipArt picture

The picture toolbar is displayed (refer Figure 3.11)

2.     Click on the Format Picture button on the Picture toolbar The Format Picture dialog box is displayed.

3. Click on the size tab (refer Figure3.12)

You can change the height and width of the picture using the Height and Widest spin buttons in the Size and rotate section. Similarly, you can change the sealing factor using the Height and Width spin buttons in the Scale section. If The Lock aspect ratio option is selected, the picture is resized in original proportion. Uncheck this option if you want to resize the height and width irrespective of each other.

4.     Click

The picture gets resized according to the settings.

 

The size of the text box changes

Using the wrap text Feature in a text box

when you resize the text box , the you had inserted in the text box may go beyond its width .In that case , the text is automatically placed in the next line , This feature is known as Word wrap .You can turn off the word wrap feature .The steps to do so are:

1.Select the text box  by clicking on it

2.Select the Text  Box option from the Format menu

The Format Text box dialog box is displayed .

3.Select the Text box tab from the Format Text box dialog box (refer Figure 3.7)

4.Uncheck the word wrap text in AutoShape option

5.Click OK

once this potion is turned off , the text will not be wrapped to the next line .Instead , the textbox will adjust itself horizontally to fit inside the text box.

You can turn on this feat urea again to wrap the text in the text box by checking the word wrap text in auto shape potion again in the Format Text box dialog box .

Placing Text Inside a Shape Using  a Text Box

If you want to place some text inside an object m you will have to write the text in the text box and move the text box in the object .

The steps to place the text inside any object using the text box are :

1.Select the object

2.Click on the text box button from the Drawing toolbar

3.position the pointer inside the selected object

4.Type any text ad shown in Figure 3.8

The text appears inside the selected object

CHANGING THE APPEARANCE OF OBJECTS

Filling colors in an  object

The appearance of an object can be changed by filling colors in it , The stele to do so are :

1.Select the object in which you want to fill the color

2.Click on the arrow next to the Fill color button in the Drawing toolbar

A color palette appears

3.Select a color from the color palette

Select the More Fill colors option if you want more colors .You can also select the Fill Effects option if you want to add or change the shading , pattern or texture of the objects .

Applying 3-d Effects to an object

The steps to add 3-d effects to an object are :

1.     Select the object you want to change

2.     Click on the 3-d button from the Drawing toolbar

Various 3-d shapes are displayed

3.     Select the potion you want

Rotating an Object

You can rotate an object to any degree .You can also flip an object horizontally or vertically .

The steps to rotate an object to any degree are :

1.Select the object , which you want to rotate

2.Click on the Free Rotate button the Drawing toolbar .

3.Place the mouse pointer on one of the corners of the object and drag it in any direction

 

Using AutoShapes

To depict some information on the slide, sometimes you would need to insert some advanced graphics such as a smiling face, a star of flowchart symbols, All these objects cannot be drawn using the drawing tools available on the Drawing toolbar. You can also use various Autotypes that are provided by PowerPoint. The steps to insert AutoShapes are :

1.     Click on the arrow next to the AutoShapes button on the Drawing toolbar The AutoShapes menu in displayed as shown in figure 3.4.

2.     Select the type you want to draw

3.     Place the mouse pointer on the slide on which the AutoShape has to be drawn and drag it to draw the shape of your required size     

Using WordArt

You can change the look of the text by changing fonts , colors and size .If you want to use some special text effects then you can use the word art feature of office .

The steps to insert text using word Art are :

1.Display the slide in which the word Art has to be inserted using the Slide view

2.Click on the insert Word Art button on the Drawing Toolbar

The word  Art G allergy dialog box is displayed (refer Figure3.5 )

3.Select the word Art style that you want and click Ok

The Edit word Art Text dialog box is displayed (refer Figure 3.6)

4. Enter the text in the Text pane

You can change the font and size of the text using the Font drop down list and Size drop down list respectively

5.Click OK

The Word Art text is inserted in the slide  .

Working with the text box

Inserting text in a text box

The easiest way to add text to a slide is to type it directly into a placeholder on the slide .When you want to add text outside a placeholder, you can use the Text box button in the Drawing toolbar .

The steps to add text by using a text box are :

1.Open the slide in which you want to add a text box

2.Click on the text Box button from the Drawing toolbar

3.place the mouse pointer at the  location in the slide where you want the text box to appear

4.Click the left mouse button 

A text box is displayed with the insertion point .

5.Type the desired text in the text box

The text box expands to accommodate the text being typed .If you want to type on a new line in the text box press the Enter key .

The text box can be also be resizes to suit your needs .The steps to do so are :

1.Select the text box

2.position the pointer on the sides or corners of the text box

The pointer shape changes to a double headed arrow .

3.Drag the mouse to make the text box of your required size