Microsoft 2003 Clip Art

Notice the small image in the lower right portion of the new slide – the image below indicates to Click icon to add content. There are six “tiny” icons in this box that will allow you insert a table, chart, clip art, picture, diagram or a media clip. For this slide we want to insert a clip art image in this area. So, carefully, move your cursor over the tiny image in the upper right corner of this little box (see arrow). When you do, the box will be highlighted in blue and you’ll see a small text help box appear which indicates – Insert Clip Art.

Click-on the image in the top right corner of the box (below the arrow). An image similar to the one below will appear.

Since our presentation tells how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, we typed sandwich in the Search text: box. Then we clicked-on the Go button (see arrows). The Microsoft Clip Art then appears as you see it to the left. Notice that there are a lot of sandwich clip art images available. You can “run down” the choices by using the “elevator bar” on the right side of the Select Picture box (see arrow). Move up and down the selections until you find one you like. Don’t worry that there aren’t any selections that look just like a peanut butter sandwich. We’ll show you how to find a lot more clip art as we go through this tutorial. We moved down the selections until our Select Picture screen looked like the one on the right. We chose the “happy-smiley hamburger” because we thought it was cute. You find an image you like. Then, to select your picture click-on it - and you will see a “blue square” outline your selection. Next, click-on the OK button.

The menu will disappear and you will see the image you selected on the right side of your slide.

Note: if your clip art selection does not appear, and you receive an error message, please read on below (where an explanation is given).

As you’ve just noticed, Microsoft Clip Art 2003 Selection Screen is a lot different than “old” Microsoft Clip Art screens that were used in the 97 and 2000 versions. There are a lot more pictures and some other unique features. As we continue through this tutorial we’ll be using additional methods to insert images in our PowerPoint presentation. Once you “get used to” the “2003 way,” you’ll see that the folks who created this neat product were trying to assist you by having everything you need on the right side of the screen.

This means that when the Microsoft Clip Art Gallery was installed on your computer, not all of the images were loaded (to save hard disk drive space). So, if you have your installation CD you can place it in the CD drive and click a Retry button that will also appear. If you don’t have the CD, then choose another image and try again. We’ll show you a way to “get around this” dilemma later in the tutorial.

Slide 4

Slide 4 will be another Title and Bulleted List slide. So, when you clicked-on the New Slide button you should have again retrieved the template for this format.

If your text won’t fit in the box completely, click-on the box and a border will appear around the box. You will notice “little circles” at the four corners, and in the middle of the top and bottom, and on each side of you text box. Point to either the center top or center bottom circle. Your cursor will change to a two headed small arrow like the one to the left. Click-on either circle and hold down the left mouse button and drag the top circle up, or the bottom circle down a little to enlarge the larger text area so that text fits on the screen. If your “Directions” are now “mixed-in” with the text below, click-on Directions. Then click-on the “edge” of the “box” (a small up-down-left-right arrow will appear – like the one on the left), hold down the left mouse button, and drag the box up a bit.