Key Points

• Thousands of clip art images are available to help you add visual interest to your slides. Look for them on the Microsoft Office Online Web site or search for clip art offered through other Web sites.

• When you add pictures or photographs to a slide, keep in mind that using pictures you don't own without permission, especially for business purposes, can breach the copyright of the owner. Limited use for non-commercial purposes is usually allowed as long as you acknowledge the source.

• You can reduce the size of a presentation containing multiple pictures, by compressing the pictures.

• Shapes can add interest to a slide and draw attention to key concepts. However, they can become tiresome and produce an amateurish effect if they are overused.

• Fancy titles created with WordArt can have much more impact than regular text.

• Knowing how to manipulate graphics on a slide will help you position, align, and stack them to get the effect you want.