PowerPoint 2013

Inserting online pictures

If you don't have the picture you want on your computer, you can find a picture online to add to your presentation. PowerPoint offers two options for finding online pictures:

• Office.com Clip Art: This option allows you to access Microsoft's online collection of free clip art, which offers a variety of images.
  
  Office.com Clip Art results
• Bing Image Search: You can use this option to search the Internet for images. By default, Bing only shows images that are licensed under Creative Commons, which means you can use them for your own projects. However, you should go to the image's website to see if there are any restrictions on how it can be used.
  
  Bing Image search results

When adding images, videos, or music to your own projects, it's important to make sure you have the legal right to use them. Most things that you buy or download online are protected by copyright, which means you may not be allowed to use them. For more information, visit our Copyright and Fair Use lesson.

To insert an online picture:

1. Select the Insert tab, then click the Online Pictures command.
   Clicking the Online Pictures command
2. The Insert Pictures dialog box will appear.
3. Type a search term in either the Office.com Clip Art or Bing Image Search field. In our example, we'll use Bing Image Search.
   
   Typing a search term
   
4. Press the Enter key. Your search results will appear in the dialog box.
5. Select the desired image, then click Insert.
   Inserting an online picture
6. The image will appear on the currently selected slide.
   The inserted picture

You can also click the Online Pictures command in a placeholder to insert online images.

Inserting an online picture from a content placeholder

You can even insert an image from your OneDrive (previously called SkyDrive) or other online accounts that may be linked with your Microsoft account, such as Facebook or Flickr.

Searching SkyDrive for pictures