1. Microsoft PowerPoint for Graphics

2.  Shapes & Pictures  WordArt & SmartArt  ClipArt & Beyond  Quick Styles & Effects  Position  Save as Picture

3. Shapes & Pictures  Create an object by drawing a series of shapes.  Insert several pictures to make a collage.

4. WordArt & SmartArt  Can’t find an image to represent an idea? Try WordArt.  Use SmartArt to for org charts, process cycles, lists and more.

5. ClipArt & Beyond  Import ClipArt from Microsoft Online.  Search Flickr for CC licensed images that you can modify.  Customize these to suit your own needs.

6. Quick Styles & Effects  Shape Effects like Reflection, Bevel, and 3-D Rotation, make objects look more realistic.  Quick Styles are a shortcut to Shape Effects.

7. Position  You can align & distribute shapes uniformly.  You can rotate or flip an image.

8. Save As Picture  Crop what you don’t need.  Select what you do need.  Right-click & Save As Picture…