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 Instructions for Awesome Graphics for PowerPoint
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We hope you make many a great presentation from these new 
powerpoint graphics.

The graphics have been designed to make life easier for you to make 
great looking presentations. For example each graphic has been 
optimized for quality on-screen presentations, without making your 
powerpoint file size unnecessarily large.

You may wish to print out these instructions...

To add an Awesome Powerpoint Graphic to your presentation
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1. To add a graphic... 
2. Start powerpoint 
3. Open your presentation "File > Open > etc" 
4. Make sure you are on the normal slide editing view 
   "View > Normal/Slide" 
5. Choose the "Insert" menu 
6. Click on "Picture" 
7. Choose "From File..." 
8. Navigate to where the powerpoint graphic is located
   eg. D:\Business\Finance\ if you purchased the CD-ROM
   eg. C:\Downloads\ if you downloaded a graphic 
9. Click on the filename of the graphic you want to load 
   with the left mouse button eg. coins-usa00280.jpg 
10.Then click on "Insert" 

You have successfully added a graphic to your presentation. 
Read on for how to change the size, position etc of the picture.

To change the size of the powerpoint graphic
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If you want to change the size of an existing graphic on your 
powerpoint slide:

1. Click on the graphic 
2. Powerpoint will show 8 small white handles when the graphic 
   is selected 
3. If you want to size the graphic but keep it in proportion 
4. Click and drag any of the corner handles 
5. If you want to distort or squash the graphic 
6. Click and drag any of the side or top and bottom handles 
7. If you want to make the graphic fill the entire slide 
8. Press and hold the CTRL key, then click and drag any of 
   the corner handles 


To rotate an awesome powerpoint graphic
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Rotation of a graphic image is only possible with powerpoint 
2002 / XP or higher

1. Click on the graphic 
2. Powerpoint will show 8 small white handles when the graphic 
   is selected 
3. Click and drag the small green round handle that is above 
   the graphic 
4. If you want to rotate the graphic in 15 degree increments, 
   hold down the Shift key 
5. If you want to rotate the graphic from the bottom edge, 
   hold down the CTRL key 

 
To darken or lighten the graphic image
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If you would like the graphic image slightly darker or lighter, 
then powerpoint has an in-built feature called the "picture toolbar". 
It enables you to darken or lighten the image as well as to 
increase or reduce the contrast in an image. To use the picture 
toolbar follow these instructions...

1. Right click on the graphic 
2. Powerpoint will show 8 small white handles when the graphic 
   is selected 
3. From the menu that pops up, choose "show picture toolbar", 
   if the option "hide picture toolbar" appears, then the toolbar 
   is already displayed somewhere on your screen  
4. On the picture toolbar, there are various tools to manipulate 
   the image 
5. Each click of the "less brightness" button 
   (the one with the down arrow and the sun icon) 
   will darken the image. So click the button more than once 
   to continue to darken the image 
6. If you need to, click the "reset" button (the last button) 
   to reset the image (size, brightness, crop will all be removed) 
7. That's It! 


To crop a graphic image
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If you would like remove an unwanted area from the graphic image 
that is around the edges, you can 'crop' the image using the 
picture toolbar again.

1. Right click on the graphic 
2. Powerpoint will show 8 small white handles when the graphic 
   is selected 
3. From the menu that pops up, choose "show picture toolbar", 
   if the option "hide picture toolbar" appears, then the toolbar 
   is already displayed somewhere on your screen  
4. On the picture toolbar, there are various tools to manipulate 
   the image 
5. Click the "crop" button (the icon that looks like barbed wire). 
6. Then simply click and drag a corner handle to crop from a corner 
7. Or click and drag a side handle to crop from the sides 
8. If you need to, click the "reset" button (the last button) to 
   reset the image (size, brightness, crop will all be removed) 
9. That's It! 


To add a border to a powerpoint graphic
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If you would like to add a nice to a graphic image do the following:

1. Click on the graphic 
2. Powerpoint will show 8 small white handles when the graphic 
   is selected 
3. From the menu that pops up, choose "show picture toolbar", 
   if the option "hide picture toolbar" appears, then the toolbar 
   is already displayed somewhere on your screen  
4. On the picture toolbar, there are various tools to manipulate 
   the image 
5. Click the "line style" button
   (the icons with lines of different thickness) 
6. Choose a line thickness. 4.5pt is a good setting for most pictures 
7. You can set the border color by clicking the "line color" icon, 
   which is located on the lower area of powerpoint's main screen. 
8. Choose "more line colors" to see a whole range of colors. 
9 .That's It! 


To view the catalog showing all the thumbnails of the graphics
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If you would like to see thumbnails (small pictures) of each powerpoint 
graphic contained on the CD, then do the following:
(note: requires internet explorer or a similar internet browser):

1. Using "Windows Explorer" navigate to your CD-ROM drive. 
2. Double click the file called "index.htm" or "index" 
3. Your web browser will load and display the thumbnails.
4. Click on each section to view other graphics. 
5. That's It! 


Question not answered here?
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See the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page
http://www.presentationpictures.com/faq.htm


The system requirements to use the awesome powerpoint graphics are:
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- An IBM Compatible PC running Windows 95 or higher (or Apple Mac)
- PowerPoint 97 or higher
  (To check what version you have....Run powerpoint then click the "Help" menu, 
   select "About" to see your version of powerpoint)
- A graphics resolution of 640x480 (VGA) or higher and more than 256 colours
- Ideally a graphics resolution of 800x600 (SVGA) and 16bit colour (lots of colours!)


Queries
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If you have any further queries regarding "awesome graphics for powerpoint"
then send an email to:

awesome@presentationpictures.com



Suggestions
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If you have any suggestions about "awesome powerpoint graphics" then email

awesome@presentationpictures.com
or
visit
http://www.presentationpictures.com/make-a-suggestion.htm


The most up-to-date instructions
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AWESOME GRAPHICS FOR POWERPOINT
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Thanks for your purchase from
www.presentationpictures.com

May 2005
Version 2.2

Please Note: Although we have made every effort to check the files against viruses at all 
stages of production. It is always wise to run a virus checker on any software before 
running it. By Default! cannot accept responsibility for any loss, disruption or damage 
to your data or computer system which may occur while using either either the CD-Rom or 
downloaded files. It is assumed that by using these files you accept these conditions. 
Otherwise do not use the powerpoint graphics.

PowerPoint are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States
and/or other countries. The software product "awesome" made by the company "By Default!" are not 
affiliated, connected or associated with Microsoft Corporation.
 