In this section, you will familiarize yourself with objects, graphs, Word tables and Excel worksheets.

In This Chapter:

Resizing an object

You can resize objects and change their resolution for web or print.

Insert Clip Art

Microsoft Office has a large library of free, re-scalable clip art that is great for both screen or print display.

Modifying Lines and Connectors

Here we show you how to customize the look of your lines and connectors.

Position of Graphics and text

You can adjust the margins around text to give more space between it and the objects around it.

Moving an object Forward or Backward

You can specify which objects are shown in front of other objects.

Resizing a Text Box to Fit the Text

You can resize a text box or an auto shape to fit the text that it contains.

Rotating an object

Rotating any object is quick and easy.

Text objects

There are custom text objects that you can use to give your text special effects.

Graphs

The default charting program for PowerPoint is Microsoft Graph. When you create a new chart in PowerPoint, Microsoft Graph opens and a chart is displayed with its associated data in a table called a datasheet. You can enter your own data, import data from

Importing Microsoft Excel Data

You can import data from Microsoft Excel to use in your charts and graphs.

Adding a Title to a Chart or Axis

Your charts or axes can have custom titles.