Microsoft Office Step by Step (Office 2021 and Microsoft 365)

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Insert and manage simple graphics

In this chapter

• Insert, move, and resize pictures

• Edit and format pictures

• Provide additional information about pictures

• Create a photo album

• Insert and format icons

• Draw and modify shapes

With the ready availability of professionally designed templates, presentations have become more visually sophisticated and appealing. Gone (ideally) are the days of presenters reading a list of bullet points to the audience; successful presentations are likely to have fewer words and more graphic elements. You can use images, diagrams, animations, charts, tables, and other visual elements to graphically reinforce your spoken message (which can be conveniently documented in the speaker notes attached to the slides).