ECDL Advanced AM6 v1.0 (2007) - Classroom Guide
CROPPING A PICTURE removed from the display. If you don’t like how you’ve cropped an image, you can keep adjusting the amount of crop. A cropped image still maintains its original proportions – the image isn’t distorted.
You can crop an image, with the exception of animated GIF files, to trim away any parts of the image that you don’t want to be displayed. The cropped parts aren’t deleted, they’re just
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Try This Yourself:
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Continue using the previous file with this exercise, or open the file P719 Working with Pictures_08.pptx... Access slide 6 Double-click on the image on the left of the slide to activate the Format tab
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Click on the Crop command in the Size group The mouse pointer now includes a crop icon and the image is surrounded by crop handles
Position the mouse pointer on the lower left crop handle and then drag right until only the right side of the map and the man is visible
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Click on the Crop command again to turn off cropping
Click on the image on the right of the slide
Drag the crop handle down until only the legs of the people are displayed – then drag back up a little until their whole bodies are displayed
Click on the Crop command and then hover the mouse over the top centre crop handle
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Turn the Crop feature off
For Your Reference…
Handy to Know…
To crop a picture: 1. Double-click on the image to activate the Format tab 2. Click the Crop command on the Size group 3. Drag a crop handle on the picture and then turn the Crop command off again
• To crop equally on two sides at once, hold down as you drag the centre handle on either side inward.
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• To crop equally on all four sides at once, as you drag a corner handle hold down inward.
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Chapter 4 - Working with Pictures