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PowerPoint is full of hidden tools that can help you improve the professional image of your presentation. This tutorial focuses on the “Cropping tool,” part of the Formatting Palette. The tool can help you trim your photos, alter images, add new creative touches and much more. Use these four tips as a starting point. Then experiment with your photos and quickly see how easy it is to add exciting new features to your slides.
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Utilizing the PowerPoint Formatting
Palette
T O O L
Easy Tips
Mac Users: Select the “toolbox” from your toolbar at the top of the page.
Select the formatting palette from the menu at the top.
PC Users:
Select “Format” Tab.
Click on the “Crop” Tool.
Crop your photos?
Original Finished Photo
Remove unwanted clutter to keep your audience focused on your point.
Click on the image and then click the cropping tool near the top of the palette.
Resize handles will appear on each corner and in the middle of each side of the picture. Drag any of these
handles to the desired trim size.
Use the cropping tool to transform your boring graphs.
Before After
Select the crop tool. Use the “Resize handles”
to trim the photo.
Drag the “handles” to manipulate the
image size to create a top and bottom piece .
Copy the pencil image and repeat multiple times until you have the right quantity and
appropriate sizes for each data point.
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Add the data on each axis.
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$91,200
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6 Year Sales Trend
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Inject some artistry into your photo presentation.
Before After
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Make two copies of your photo
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3
Use the cropping tool to trim each photo so each
piece fits together
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Double-click on the right and left panels to create
the 3-D effect.
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3-D Rotation Tools Experiment with format and rotation effects until you
create something you like.
Your photos do not have to be centered in the middle of your slide. Use the edge of the slide to crop or
“bleed” the image. Use the cropping tool or drag the image off the image area of the slide.
Or, drag the image off the
edge of the slide
Crop and place the image on the edge of the slide.
Finished Look
The Cropping tool can help you trim photos, alter
images, add new creative touches and much more.
Watch for more PowerPoint Tips that utilize the Formatting Palette.
