Inserting new image

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Hi there:

I'm not sure how to add an image to my presentation.
Here's what I'd like to do.

I'd like to insert a jpg and have it as the slide in the
presentation. I try to insert the jpg (from my desktop)
into the presentation - but it always comes up on top of a
preexisting template in the presentation.

I don't want any of the template to be seen in the slide -
just the jpg itself.

Do I have to insert the jpg over top of an existing
template slide - then expand the size of the slide by
dragging its borders to the out edge of the slide so as to
hide the underlying template? I have tried this - and I
can see the underlying template load up - then the actual
jpg load up over top of the template - not the result I'm
looking for.

My computer is a 300 Mhz unit and I'm running Powerpoint
2002.

I need this to work on slower systems (like my 300 Mhz)
because I travel with this presentation & cannot count on
the available system to be faster...

Thanks,

Sparky
 
Sparky,

It sounds like you are missing the one vital step to send the image behind
everything else.

Select your image
Click the Draw menu (bottom left)
Then "Order"
Send to Back.

If you want the image to be used for all your presentation....then insert
the image on the "slide master"

View Menu
Chose Master
Slide Master
Insert image
send it to the back
Done

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

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Since your system is a slower one, Sparky, this trick might work for
you.

Format/Background/Fill Effects/Picture. Navigate to the JPG and insert
it.

I don't usually like to do this because you can't get at the JPG
(easily) to edit it. But in this case, I think it may be a good
solution.
 
TAJ Simmons:
Hey - thanks for the quick reply!
Can you or anyone guide me to a tutorial or a place I can find more
information on this feature? I'd like to understand this "Send to Back"
stuff a bit better - but when I type in "Send to back" in the help section
of PowerPoint - I'm taken to the area of the help section that tells me how
to do this - but not really what it means...

Thanks,

Sparky
 
Echo:
Hey - this is pretty cool as well.
Is there a reason I would use this technique over the "Send to Back"
technique?
Both seem to do the job...

Thanks,

Sparky

Echo S said:
Since your system is a slower one, Sparky, this trick might work for
you.

Format/Background/Fill Effects/Picture. Navigate to the JPG and insert
it.

I don't usually like to do this because you can't get at the JPG
(easily) to edit it. But in this case, I think it may be a good
solution.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
Hi there:

I'm not sure how to add an image to my presentation.
Here's what I'd like to do.

I'd like to insert a jpg and have it as the slide in the
presentation. I try to insert the jpg (from my desktop)
into the presentation - but it always comes up on top of a
preexisting template in the presentation.

I don't want any of the template to be seen in the slide -
just the jpg itself.

Do I have to insert the jpg over top of an existing
template slide - then expand the size of the slide by
dragging its borders to the out edge of the slide so as to
hide the underlying template? I have tried this - and I
can see the underlying template load up - then the actual
jpg load up over top of the template - not the result I'm
looking for.

My computer is a 300 Mhz unit and I'm running Powerpoint
2002.

I need this to work on slower systems (like my 300 Mhz)
because I travel with this presentation & cannot count on
the available system to be faster...

Thanks,

Sparky
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Well, since you were seeing the underlying template and then the jpg, I
thought that was probably while in Show mode and probably due to a
combination of slow processor and overscanned JPG. And send to back
wouldn't necessarily resolve that.

If send to back works for you, though, go for it! (It's more flexible
than the format/fill effects, in my opinion.) Seems I misunderstood what
you're seeing, so you can disregard my suggestion! :-)

Echo
 
I don't know that there's a tutorial for "send to back," honestly.

Basically, the steps to do it are listed below in TAJ's post. The "what
it means," well...

If you think of each object on your slide as being on a different layer,
maybe that will help explain it. Generally speaking, the stuff on the
slide master (or design template) is the bottom-most layer. As you draw
things on the slide -- or insert things like images -- they come in on
the top-most layer. As you add more things, they come in on top of the
top-most layer, creating a new top-most layer.

Have I thoroughly confused you yet? :-)

You can actually see this in action if you draw 3 or 4 shapes on a blank
slide. Move them so they overlap. Then select the one on the top and use
Draw/Order to send it backward a couple of times. Then use bring
forward. Those both go backward/forward one layer at a time. If you use
Bring to Front or Send to Back, though, those skip the interim steps and
place the object on either the bottom-most or top-most layer in one
click.
 
Echo S:
You are correct - it was in Show mode & it was a pretty big jpg file.
I've been playing with these options this afternoon a bit - and I think
I sometimes see the underlying template first when the new slide comes up
with the jpg on it.
I think the fill option is the way I'll go...

Thanks again!

Sparky
 
Echo S:

Yup - this now makes some sense...

Thanks one more time,

Sparky


Echo S said:
I don't know that there's a tutorial for "send to back," honestly.

Basically, the steps to do it are listed below in TAJ's post. The "what
it means," well...

If you think of each object on your slide as being on a different layer,
maybe that will help explain it. Generally speaking, the stuff on the
slide master (or design template) is the bottom-most layer. As you draw
things on the slide -- or insert things like images -- they come in on
the top-most layer. As you add more things, they come in on top of the
top-most layer, creating a new top-most layer.

Have I thoroughly confused you yet? :-)

You can actually see this in action if you draw 3 or 4 shapes on a blank
slide. Move them so they overlap. Then select the one on the top and use
Draw/Order to send it backward a couple of times. Then use bring
forward. Those both go backward/forward one layer at a time. If you use
Bring to Front or Send to Back, though, those skip the interim steps and
place the object on either the bottom-most or top-most layer in one
click.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
TAJ Simmons:
Hey - thanks for the quick reply!
Can you or anyone guide me to a tutorial or a place I can find more
information on this feature? I'd like to understand this "Send to Back"
stuff a bit better - but when I type in "Send to back" in the help section
of PowerPoint - I'm taken to the area of the help section that tells me how
to do this - but not really what it means...

Thanks,

Sparky
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