Adding Graphics to Your Slides


Slide shows are pretty boring with just bullet points and text. It's nice to add a little spice in the form of a picture or two.

Select Insert > Picture > From File. The standard file manager screen appears. That's where you choose the picture you want to use. You can go to a different directory using the arrow keys or common directory names on the left side of the screen. You can also display specific file types (such as .gif and .jpg) by using the Filter dropdown list at the bottom of the window.

The Insert Picture window.

Choose an image from a directory on your hard disk, and it is inserted full-size into your slide. It also appears, smaller, in the thumbnail viewer at the left.

An inserted image.

To resize the picture, click the picture, hold one of the little green, square handles on the edge of your picture, and slide it to the desired size. Notice that the object dimensions (in the status bar at the bottom) change when you release the mouse button. (The videos show this better.)

Another way to get the same result is to roll the cursor onto the picture and then click and hold to move the picture around on the slide. Combine the resize and move functions to get the picture right where you want it.

Your picture, now smaller.

Advanced graphics functions such as transparencies, alignment tools, and animations are covered in more depth in Chapters 7, "Draw: Not Your Father's Drawing Board," and 8.




Point & Click OpenOffice. org.
Point & Click OpenOffice.org
ISBN: 0131879928
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 143
Authors: Robin Miller

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