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POWERPOINT, WORD: DISTORTING YOUR IMAGES    EXCEL: COPYING DATA MAPS

POWERPOINT, WORD: PRESENTING A SLIDE SHOW ON PAPER

POWERPOINT, WORD: ENABLE YOUR INNER PLACEHOLDER

POWERPOINT, WORD: DISTORTING YOUR IMAGES

Version 4.x, 95

When we discuss resizing inserted pictures (such as clip art), we ordinarily tell you how to do it without distorting the picture. There are times, though, when you might want to distort a picture to enhance its appearance. For example, suppose you're creating a document (Word or PowerPoint) for a weight-loss program. Perhaps you'd like to show a before-and-after cartoon. To do something like this, you could import one of the ClipArt images of a cartoon person. There are several available. You may want to do this in PowerPoint rather than in Word, because PowerPoint offers more options for working with ClipArt. If you need to use the pictures in Word, you can import them later.

Now insert one of the pictures. If there are extraneous objects in the picture you want to use (such as a briefcase) select the object and choose Draw, Ungroup. Click away from the drawing and then click the extraneous object. Move it away from the main drawing and press Delete.

When you have a clean drawing, press Ctrl-A to select everything and then choose Draw, Group to put the object back together again. Select the picture and choose Edit, Copy. Next, choose Edit, Paste. Position the two copies as you want. Then click the picture on the left and use the mouse to stretch it horizontally. Now that you have a genuinely overweight person, you can either leave the original version alone or use the mouse to make that person even thinner.

Since you may want to import the pictures into a Word document, press Ctrl-A to select both and then choose Draw, Group. From now on, they'll stay together. You can click the picture and choose Edit, Copy to copy it to the Clipboard. Then you can move to Word and choose Edit, Paste to paste the picture into your Word document.

POWERPOINT, WORD: PRESENTING A SLIDE SHOW ON PAPER

You want to share your PowerPoint slide show with your pals who don't have PowerPoint. What to do? One way to handle this problem is to import an entire slide show into a Word document. Once the slide show is in Word, you can print it and send it to people who need to view it. This is especially effective if you have access to a color printer.

To put an entire slide show into a Word document, choose Tools, Write-Up. When the Write-Up dialog box appears, select the type of layout you want to use and click OK. Once the slide show is in a Word document, you can add whatever text and formatting you want.

EXCEL: COPYING DATA MAPS

Version 95
Do you use Excel 95's Data Map? If so, you might like to transfer some of those neat maps to a Word document or a PowerPoint slide. It's easy--you can cut and paste a map just as you would any other object. Simply select the map, then choose Edit, Copy. Go to your Word or PowerPoint document, select a position where you want the map, and choose Edit, Paste.

POWERPOINT, WORD: ENABLE YOUR INNER PLACEHOLDER

Slides may not show up in Word when you use PowerPoint's Write-Up. The notes will look OK, but instead of slide images, you'll get an empty box with resize handles. This happens when you've enabled the picture placeholders in Word. To disable the holders, choose Tools, Options and click the View tab. Deselect the check box labeled Picture Placeholders.

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