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Add a picture

Applies to: Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003

Click the slide where you want to insert the picture.

Note If you want the picture to appear on more than one slide, add the picture to the slide master (slide master: The slide that stores information about the design template applied, including font styles, placeholder sizes and positions, background design, and color schemes.) for those slides. If you want the picture to appear on title slides as well, you must also add the picture to the title master (title master: The slide that stores information from the design template pertaining to styles on title slides, including placeholder sizes and positions, background design, and color schemes.).
Insert one of the following:
A picture from a file
1. On the Drawing toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.), click Insert Picture .
2. Locate the folder that contains the picture that you want to insert, and then click the picture file.
3. Do one of the following:
  - To embed (embedded object: Information (object) contained in a source file and inserted into a destination file. Once embedded, the object becomes part of the destination file. Changes you make to the embedded object are reflected in the destination file.) the picture, click Insert.
  - To link (linked object: An object that is created in a source file and inserted into a destination file, while maintaining a connection between the two files. The linked object in the destination file can be updated when the source file is updated.) the picture to the picture file on your hard disk, click the arrow next to Insert, and then click Link to File.
A picture directly from a scanner or digital camera
For this procedure, make sure that your device is compatible with TWAIN (TWAIN: A cross-platform interface for acquiring electronic images that have been captured by scanners, digital cameras, and still-frame video capture boards.) or WIA (Windows Image Acquisition (WIA): A device-driver interface that supports still digital cameras and low- and high-end scanners, and allows retrieving of still images from IEEE 1394-based DV camcorders and USB-based "Web cams.") and is connected to your computer. You should also make sure that you have installed the device software that supports TWAIN or WIA.
1. Set up the picture in the scanning device.
2. On the Insert menu, point to Picture, and then click From Scanner or Camera.
3. If you have more than one device attached to your computer, under Device, click the device that you want to use.
4. Do one of the following:
  - If the selected device is a scanner, and you want to use default settings for scanning the image, click Web Quality (if you are going to show your picture on the screen) or Print Quality (if you are going to print your picture), and then click Insert to scan your picture.
    Note The Insert button might be unavailable with some scanners because the scanner software doesn't support an automatic scan. Click Custom Insert instead.
  - If the selected device is not a scanner (for example, if it's a digital camera), or you want to customize any settings before you scan the picture, click Custom Insert. Follow the instructions that come with the device that you're using.