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This one is about working with images.It is
really important to understand or get advice on
preparing image (still or moving) and sound heavy
resources for use on the Internet (Website or PLE
or for emailing). See Power User! For how to
compress images in PowerPoint. Splitting a
resource into bite-size chunks will aid its speed
of delivery across the web too.
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• AIM Image Basics resizing size does matter.

Handles When you click on a picture (or any drawn
shape, line or arrow) you should see handles.
These may be little squares or circles depending
on the format. They allow us to drag and change
the size shape. Have a go with your own
PowerPoint open and try it on a variety of lines,
arrows, shapes, text boxes, etc.
Rotate. Click and drag to rotate the image either
way.
Scale. Click and drag on any corner handle to
scale in proportion.
Horizontal. Click and drag to stretch or squash
across the image.
Vertical. Click and drag to stretch or squash up
or down.
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squashed lengthways
decreasing in proportion - aspect locked by
dragging corner handle
stretched lengthways
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• AIM Working with the Picture Toolbar / Cropping
• The picture toolbar is similar to that in Word.
  It should appear when you click on a picture (if
  not use the view menu/toolbars/tick picture OR
  right click on the picture and left click Show
  Picture Toolbar)

One useful thing you may need to do is to cut out
or zoom in on just one part of an image to make
the learning point. The Cropping tool is what you
want
Click on this and your picture handle will change
to thick lines. When these are dragged the image
no longer changes shape but is, well, cropped.
Click on the MORE to see an interactive example
(you have to click to see it working).
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1. Click here to see image cropped
2. click here to see enlarge
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• AIM Full picture toolbar competence
  compression
• When using images from a good digital camera or a
  lot of lower quality images it is vital to
  understand compression. It makes a huge
  difference to how long the end user has to wait
  to see them especially across the internet (ie
  through the PLE). The effect on file size is
  significant. Try it by looking at the files size
  (Right Click/ properties on the file icon) before
  and after versions of one of your presentations.

In PowerPoint there is a handy compress pictures
tool that has already been used to rescue slow
non-working resources.
The Compress Pictures tool will open this
dialogue box
Apply to. Just the picture you have selected or
all of the pictures in your presentation. Unless
you are zooming in close to a low resolution bit
of detail then generally tick All (Good idea to
save before you compress you can then reopen if
anything goes wrong unlikely)
Resolution. Not a difficult choice here. Go for
web/screen.
Options. Cropping pictures does not delete the
areas that are cropped. It just hides them so
they still add to memory size. This option
deletes them.
Warning message - will pop up when you click OK.
If you have any doubts on quality (if your
application is demanding) then you should save
first. Going ahead will then allow you to preview
without fear of losing your work. Experience in
normal use anyone will find it hard to see the
difference in quality.
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Toolbar.
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Clicking on a picture should activate the Picture
Toolbar. If not then Right Click and select Show
Picture Toolbar
Compress Picture Allows the file size to be
decreased and for the cropped part of images to
be deleted (again decreasing file size). This can
make a huge difference for files with many
images.
Line Style Adds a border
Colour e.g. to convert to BW
Brightness UP DOWN Lightens or darkens the
whole image

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Crop Tool Chops off the edges of images
allowing you to eliminate all but the
(rectangular) section of the image you wish to
keep. An example is this picture of the Toolbar
a cropped section of the whole pc screen

Contrast UP DOWN UP makes the dark bits
darker and the light bits lighter or DOWN does
the opposite
Reset Picture Undoes all changes
Rotate Left 90 Does as it says