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Or Crop Unwanted Part of an Image without Harming the Main Element Well, I think both of these titles can together explain the gist of this post. Sometimes when dealing with PowerPoint, we may find ourselves stuck at some images, which have certain queer edges, making it almost impossible to crop without mutilating the main object. The image of the teddy given in the beginning of the post explains this problem well. If we try to simply crop this image to avoid the logo ( Howtodo.com is what it reads), we will find that we can do it only either incompletely or cutting away one of the legs of the teddy. So, how can we chop off the logo without hurting the teddy? In such cases, we can do it more effectively with some small tricks. Just click on the image, and rotate the image by clicking and turning on the rotating handle in such a way that the logo is placed at the bottom of the image. Now, copy the image, and using the paste special option, paste it as a PNG. ...

Do you know what did I use to do if I was asked at a stretch to perform a multitude of hard tasks within a short period of time at the work place? To tackle the initial turmoil, I would have sat still for some time, and when the emotional pressure slightly smoothens, I would just login to my instant messenger and would chat freely with someone, who was simply killing free time at his/her office sitting at somewhere in the world. Another method, which I practiced and found as a successful stress-buster was playing computer games. If you have card games or chess or even some comic fun games available in your PC, dealing with them also are proved as capable to kill the workplace pressure. Ok, so that was the introduction. And, this time, what I try to introduce as part of my PowerPoint Learning Series is another tricky method to ease the difficulty that you might have faced while creating PowerPoint based e-learning modules. How many times have you faced the necessity of changing an imag...

So, I am here again with another trick, which may be applicable while you polish your images with a creative touch for your elearning modules. In PowerPoint 2007, you can really mould an image in the format of many default shapes. You might have noticed an array of shapes you are able to draw in PowerPoint 2007 and in advanced versions. These shapes are shown in the Home Tab. Now, will you believe, if I say you can draw your images in any of these default shapes? And believe me, you will not need any advanced options like ‘picture or texture fill’ to do that. You can do it with a single click. It is as simple as giving specific default picture effects. The steps to do this are given below. 1. Insert your image to your PowerPoint slide. 2. Double Click on the image 3. From the Format Tab select 'Picture Shape' drop down menu. 4. You can see all the default PowerPoint shapes there. Click on the one in which you want your image get cut. 5. Now, you can see ...