Quick Tip

100-2010
 

Capture A PowerPoint Picture

I just received a wonderful PowerPoint, full of beautiful pictures, and I have decided to save one of them for my desktop. Here is the way I do it.

TIP: Start the PowerPoint and get to the slide that has the picture you want to use on the screen. Make sure it is full screen. On the keyboard push the Prt Scrn (Print Screen) key and this will put the image on the clipboard.

Next open Paint by going to Start / All Programs / Accessories / Paint. When the Paint window opens go to the Menu Bar and click on Edit / Paste. The picture is now separated from the PowerPoint Presentation and is ready to be saved into your My Picture folder. Click on File / Save As. When the Save window opens, direct your new picture to the My Picture folder, give it a name and make sure it is being saved as a jpg.

To make it your desktop wallpaper, right click on a blank area of the desktop. Click on Properties. Select the Desktop tab and then the Browse button. Navigate to the My Pictures folder and select the picture you just saved from the PowerPoint Presentation. You will see how it will display on the screen by looking at the thumbnail picture. If you want to change how it looks use the options below the thumbnail to adjust how it looks.  Once you have it like you want, click okay. The picture is now on your desktop to enjoy.

NOTE: This is the 100^th Quick Tip for XP and will be the last in this series. Look for the new Quick Tips for Windows 7 coming soon.