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Draw Toolbar	This is the Draw Tool.  It should be at the bottom of the screen in Powerpoint.  These are many of the buttons you will need to use graphics and shapes in your presentation.
Insert Clipart	Goto Insert - Picture - Clip Art The Clip Gallery will appear.  It is useful to use the FIND button and search for specific graphics.
Insert Scanned Pictures and Pictures from Internet	Goto Insert - Picture - From File It will got to your H: drive (if you are at school) Select the picture you want to insert.
Insert Word Art	Goto the Word Art button located on the Draw Toolbar. Choose the style you like. Enter your text and press OK. Your WordArt will appear.  You can change the size by clicking and dragging the corners
Use Boxes, Cirlces, Arrows	On the Draw Toolbar there are three buttons:  Circle, Box, arrow and Line.  Autoshape is also here to give you cool things like hearts and callout bubbles!  Click the shape you want  Move your mouse to the slide and click and drag to draw the shape. Press and hold SHIFT to make a perfect square or circle
Changing Line Width	Click the graphic you wish to change the width of the line Click the line style  on the Draw Toolbar and choose width. For more exciting stuff click More Lines at the bottom and you will see this formattin box  Choose colors and width... Have fun!
Using the Fill Tool	Click the graphic you wish to change the width of the line Click the Fill Tool  on the Draw Toolbar and it will change to the color showing. To choose a color click the black triangle and choose your color. If you want a pattern, choose Fill Effects
Create 3D images	Click the graphic you wish to make 3D. Click the 3D Tool  on the Draw Toolbar and choose the 3D style you want. If you are not able to choose any of the 3D graphics, it is not available for the item you selected.
Animate Graphics	Click the graphic you wish to animate Goto Custom Animation and animate it as shown in the Animation Page.
Rotate Graphics	Click the graphic you wish to rotate Click the 3D Tool  on the Draw Toolbar  OR Goto the DRAW button located on the Draw Toolbar at the bottom of your screen. Click Rotate or Flip and you will see your choices.  If it is grey, that means you cannot rotate or flip the object.  If you choose Free Rotate the object highlighted gets a little green circle at each corner.  Click on it with your mouse and drag it up or down to the angle you desire. (Notice the mouse has changed from an arrow to a circle with an arrow.)
Crop Graphics	Click the graphic you wish to crop Click on the Crop tool in the Picture Toolbar Click on one of the squares on a side, not a corner. Drag in towards center and it will "cutooff" that section. Click off the graphics to "turn off" the cropping
Use Borders on Graphics	Click the graph icon wish you want to place a border (box) Click on the  line style  button on the Draw Toolbar and choose width of your border. For more exciting stuff click More Lines at the bottom and you will see this formattin box  Choose colors and width... Have fun!