IN THIS CHAPTER
Understanding raster graphics
Importing graphics files into PowerPoint
Sizing and cropping photos
Adjusting photo contrast and brightness
Using special image modes
Compressing images
Exporting a photo from PowerPoint to a separate file
Creating a Photo Album layout
There are three basic categories of still graphics you can work with in PowerPoint. In Chapter 7 you learned about the first of these: drawn AutoShapes. The second is photographic images, covered in this chapter, and the third is clip art, covered in Chapter 9.
In this chapter you'll learn the ins and outs of using photographs in a PowerPoint presentation, including tips and tricks for preparing them beforehand, compressing them so they take up less disk space, and exporting pictures out of PowerPoint so that they can be saved separately.