Clip Art

Inserting Clip Art

Clip art refers to the images in the Office Media Gallery.
To add clip art to a slide, you can use a predefined slide layout such as Text & Clip Art, or you can insert it as you would a picture by going to Insert on the menu and selecting Picture.  Also, you can use the Insert Picture icon Clipart image on the Drawing toolbar.

Practice: Inserting a Clip Art Image

  1. Go to Slide 2.
  2. Display the Task Pane and then the Slide Layout by clicking the Other Task Panes list arrow and then Slide Layout.  Scroll down the Task Pane until you see Other Layouts.  Click the layout with the description Title, Text, and Clip Art (first row, left column, below Other Layouts).

    Clip Art task pane image

    PowerPoint automatically reduces the size of text in the bulleted list if needed so that it fits within the reduced text box.

    Slide with Title, Text, and Clipart layout

    If the font size doesn't automatically change, click the AutoFit Options list arrow  (near the lower-left corner of the bulleted text) and click AutoFit Text to Placeholder.

    Autofit option image

  3. Double-click the clip-art placeholder.  PowerPoint displays the Select Picture dialog box.

    Clipart dialog box

  4. Click in the Search text box near the top of the dialog box, type computer or whatever image fits your division and then click the Search button. PowerPoint displays several clip-art images.
  5. Double-click the image, and the clip art appears in the slide.

    Clipart on slide

Resizing Clip Art

If the clip art is too small or too large, it is very easy to change. You can increase or reduce the clip art size by dragging a resize handle.

Practice: Resizing the Clip-art Image

  1. Drag a resize handle of the clip-art image until the image is the relative size shown.

    2. Clipart on slide

  2. Drag the entire clip-art image so that it's centered between the top and bottom of the slide, but still near the right edge of the slide.
  3. Select the bulleted list text box by clicking anywhere in the box, and then drag the right-center resize handle to the right until it just touches the left edge of the clip art. The font in the bulleted list should automatically increase in size.

Recoloring Clip Art

In PowerPoint, you can recolor clip-art images. However, you cannot recolor bitmap images or other types of pictures.

Practice: Recoloring a Clip-art Image

  1. Make sure the clip art in Slide 2 is still selected by clicking it. The resize handles appear around the image, and the floating Picture toolbar is on the screen.  If the Picture toolbar doesn't appear automatically, click View on the menu bar, point to Toolbars, and click Picture.

    2. Clipart on slide

  2. Click the Recolor Picture button Clipart on slide on the Picture toolbar to display the Recolor Picture dialog box.

    3. Clipart on slide

  3. Drag the scroll button down to the bottom of the scroll bar in the dialog box so you can see the background color you want to change on your image as shown.

    4. Clipart on slide

  4. Click the list arrow of the background color and then click the new color tile on the palette of default colors. The default colors are those colors associated with the overall color scheme of the design template.  You have more colors to choose from (click on More Colors to see). 
  5. Click the OK button, and then click outside the selected object to deselect it. The clip-art image appears with the background recolored to the color you chose.

    6. Clipart on slide

  6. Save your work and go on to the next section on Creating an Organization Chart.

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