How Can I Paste a jpg into ppt?

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David

When I copy a jpg from windows explorer and try to paste
it into ppt, it puts an "HTML Document Object" in without
giving the option of inserting the actual picture. Any
way around this?

Thanks!!!!
 
Don't paste a JPG from within Explorer. Instead, click the "Insert" menu,
select "Picture", "From file", browse to your folder and select it. FWIW,
NEVER just paste an image into PowerPoint. It results in the largest file
size amongst other options (like Insert, Picture, From file; or, "Edit",
"Paste Special").

Bill Foley
www.pttinc.com
 
Thanks for the advice. I actually meant to add a little
more to my post -- I realize that you can do it this way
but I'm looking to add about 100 jpgs to a ppt
presentation so I'm trying to find a way to do it
quickly. Even clicking the "add picture" shortcut and
then browsing to each file is taking too long. I was
trying to Ctrl-alt back and forth between explorer and
ppt doing ctrl-c and ctrl-v quickly.

As an alternative, is there a way to insert multiple
pictures at a time? I couldn't get this to work.

Thanks.
 
AHA! If you are adding lots of pictures to the same presentation, you
definitely don't want to do copy and paste. Instead read this PPT FAQ page:
Batch Insert a folder full of pictures, one per slide
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00352.htm

There are several solutions there. I know that some people like the Photo
Album creator, since it creates autoshapes of your pictures. Personally, I
prefer the Image Importer Wizard. Try it - you'll love it. (not related to
the product or its creators and distributors, just a very satisfied user!)

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