How to speed up the perception of information in the PowerPoint presentation.How to highlight an image in PowerPoint.How to select a part of an image in Microsoft PowerPoint.Why are images important in the presentation?.University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire 105 Garfield Avenue P.O. To go back to the original proportions, click RESET To find the best size of your object compared to the slide, select Best scale for slide show To find the percentage relative to the size of the original object, select Relative to original picture size
To maintain the formatted height and width percentages whenever you resize the object, select Lock aspect ratio If you want to reduce the size of the object, type a number less than 100. If you want to enlarge the object, type a number greater than 100. Under Scale, in the Height and Width text boxes, type the desired percentage of scaling The Format AutoShape or Format Picture dialog box appears, respectively. NOTE: For more information, refer to Selecting Objects.įrom the Format menu, select the option according to the object selected The Scale command allows you to enlarge or reduce an AutoShape or image by very precise amounts while retaining its original proportions. PowerPoint does not give the Add Text option to images inserted into the presentation. NOTE: You can only insert text into an AutoShape. For information, refer to Working with Text in Objects. Then, if you reduce the size of your text, the AutoShape will automatically resize to fit around the text. You can adjust the AutoShape size to fit the text inside. If you have an AutoShape containing text, you may desire automatic resizing whenever the text size changes. For example, after entering text into an AutoShape, you may want to reshape that object without modifying the text. This article is based on legacy software.Īfter inserting an AutoShape or image into your slide, very precise modification to that object may be necessary to achieve the desired effect. (Legacy) Microsoft PowerPoint 2003: Adjusting Objects: Resizing and Scaling