Little known features in PowerPoint to manipulate and create simple graphic elements for webpages (e.g. SharePoint home pages). Make buttons on your pages instead of filling the page with content. Many people turn to a Photoshop like product when they have what they may need in an Office program. These slides show some basic techniques in PowerPoint to make icons. Download for some steps in the speaker notes area

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3. • Can be edited
o WMF
• Can be recolored and
cropped 1. Illustrations
* Look for WMF files
o JPG * PNG are illustrations, but
act like JPG when trying to
edit
2. Photographs are any JPG
o PNG (often reflective or use file
* can only be recolored in
gradients)
PPT
* need photo editor to edit

4. Mouse over the image and
view the file type in the bottom
right
WMF is the best chance for
editing
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5. • Delete extra content
• Recolor the phone
1. Look for elements you can
remove or combine.
* Items should be ON TOP
• Make the pen wood grain * Be wary of colors or lines
that go throughout the
whole picture
• A+ becomes KIMS
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6. • Too many color
transitions
1. Avoid complex graphics
2. Avoid too many layers
3. You may get lucky
• Black runs between
objects
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7. • If Edit Picture isn’t avail
– it can’t be edited.
(see manipulating pictures)
1. Edit Picture
2. Group, Ungroup, Regroup
3. Arrange Layers
• Ungroup the first time 4. Resize (aprox 1”)
will convert to a drawing
object
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8. • Select all pieces first
1. Right click > Save as
Picture
• Paste as Picture 2. Copy > Paste as Image
to resize all pieces
together
These actions are not available in
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9. • Picture tab on the
Ribbon
1. Color
2. Artistic Effects
3. Remove Background
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11. + +
1. Know your size
1. Button on a website aprox
.95”
2. Pick a color palette
3. Recolor
=
1
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12. WAS
1. Use to produce evenly
IS sized graphics when other
The white box has a dotted items have a colored
line border added for
illustration, but would be square behind them.
removed for presentation. It 2. Use to hide areas of a
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upper right corner to focus graphic that you can’t
attention on the left graphic. remove or crop
The white box is the same size as the blue in
order to produce consistent size buttons. The
1 gray is for the benefit of editing within the
presentation and would not be saved with the
final image.
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13. WORKING SAMPLES

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