Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2007 Plain & Simple

Resizing Objects

When you insert an object, it may not fit exactly as you’d like on your slide alongside other objects or placeholders. In that case, you can resize the object easily using resizing handles that appear when you click the object. Dragging corner handles resizes the object while maintaining its original proportions; dragging handles on the sides of the object resizes it but does not maintain the original proportions. This can cause it to appear somewhat distorted, like the image in a funhouse mirror.

Resize Objects

1. Click on the object you want to resize.

2. Click on a handle and drag inward to shrink the object or drag outward to enlarge ...