1. International Computer Driving Licence Syllabus version 5.0
Module 6 – Presentation
Chapter 40 – Adding objects and tables

2. Adding objects
You can add objects such as graphics, photographs and graphs to slides
PowerPoint® slide layouts are designed to help you easily add graphics

3. Inserting a clip art image
Click the clip art icon in the slide placeholder to display the Clip Art task pane
Search for a picture by typing the subject into the Search for: box and clicking the Go button
Click a picture to select it – the picture will now appear on the slide
Close the task pane by clicking the close cross at the top right of the pane

4. Selecting and changing the size of a graphic object
Click any inside an object to select it – little circles (handles) show the object is selected
The Picture Tools Format ribbon appears when an object is selected
Click away from an object and the handles will disappear
Drag any of the corner handles to make an object bigger or smaller without changing the width-to-height ratio

5. Copy or move an object Within a presentation
Click the object to be moved or copied to select it
Click either Copy or Cut in the Clipboard group on the Home ribbon
Go to the slide on which you want to place the copied or moved object and click Paste in the Clipboard group on the Home ribbon – the object will appear on the slide
Between presentations
Open both presentations
Display the source presentation slide and click the object to be moved or copied to select it
Click either Copy or Cut in the Clipboard group on the Home ribbon
Display the destination presentation slide and click Paste in the Clipboard group on the Home ribbon

6. Inserting an object into the Master Slide
Display the Slide Master
Click the Picture button in the Illustrations group on the Insert ribbon to display the Insert Picture dialogue box
Locate and select a picture to insert, then click the Insert button
Resize and position the graphic as necessary
Note, you could instead insert any object into the master slide, for example:
to insert clip art, click the Clip Art button in the Illustrations group on the Insert ribbon to show the Clip Art task pane
to insert a drawn object (such as a shape or a line), click the Shapes button in the Illustrations group on the Insert ribbon

7. Adding a table
Click the Insert Table icon in a blank slide placeholder to display the Insert Table dialogue box
Select the number of columns and the number of rows, then click OK – a table grid will be displayed

8. Inserting table rows and columns
Right-click in any cell adjacent to where you want to insert a row or column to display a shortcut menu
Click Insert, and then click the option for the row or column insert position

9. Adding a column chart
Click the Insert Chart icon in a blank slide placeholder to display the Insert Chart dialogue box
Select the Column chart type in the left-hand list, then select the format in the gallery on the right-hand side of the dialogue box
Click the OK button – a sample datasheet in Excel® format is shown with a bar graph for the sample data
Edit the sample data as necessary

10. Sizing, editing and formatting a chart
To adjust the chart size, click it and drag a corner handle inwards to make it smaller and outwards to make it larger
To delete a chart, click to select it and press the Delete key
To edit the chart data, select the chart, then click the Edit Data button in the Data group on the Chart Tools Design ribbon to open the datasheet – edit the data as necessary
You can apply formatting to all the different parts of a chart – you can see what the chart parts are called by pausing the mouse pointer over a feature to display a screen tip
Right-click a feature to display a shortcut menu, then select the Format… option for the feature
Select from the formatting option on the Format… dialogue box that is displayed

11. Adding a pie chart
Click the Insert Chart icon in a blank slide placeholder to display the Insert Chart dialogue box
Select the Pie chart type in the left-hand list, then select the format in the gallery on the right-hand side of the dialogue box
Click the OK button – a sample datasheet in Excel® format is shown with a bar graph for the sample data
Edit the sample data as necessary