Parallel Port

Editor's Notes

1. Picture with background removed(Intermediate)To reproduce the picture effects on this slide, do the following:On the Home tab, in the Slides group, click Layout, and then click Blank.On the Insert tab, in the Images group, click Picture.In the Insert Picture dialog box, select a picture and then click Insert.Select the picture. Under PictureTools, on the Format tab, in the Size group, click the Size and Position dialog box launcher. In the Format Picture dialog box, resize or crop the image so that the height is set to 7.5” and the widthis set to 10”. To crop the picture, click Crop in the left pane, and in the right pane, under Crop position, enter values into the Height, Width, Left, and Top boxes. To resize the picture, click Size in the left pane, and in the right pane, under Size and rotate, enter values into the Height and Width boxes.Also under PictureTools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Color, and then under Recolor click Grayscale.Also in the Adjust group, click Corrections, and then under Brightness and Contrast, click Brightness: -40% Contrast: +20%.On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow to the right of Copy, and then click Duplicate.Select the second picture. On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Arrange, point to Align, and then do the following:Click Align to Slide.Click Align Middle. Click Align Center.Under PictureTools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click ResetPicture.Also under PictureTools, on the Format tab, in the Size group, click the Size and Position dialog box launcher.. In the Format Picture dialog box, resize or crop the image to focus on the main subject in the picture. (Example picture is set to 3.54” heightand 3.24” width).To crop the picture, click Crop in the left pane, and in the right pane, under Crop position, enter values into the Height, Width, Left, and Top boxes. To resize the picture, click Size in the left pane, and in the right pane, under Size and rotate, enter values into the Height and Width boxes.Also underPictureTools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click RemoveBackground, and then do the following:To remove additional background areas from the picture, on the BackgroundRemoval tab, in the Refine group, click Mark Areas to Remove. Select all of the additional areas to be removed.To keep additional areas of the picture that have been removed, on the BackgroundRemoval tab, in the Refine group, click Mark Areas to Keep. Select all of the additional areas to be kept.Click KeepChanges in the Close group when finished.To reproduce the shape effects on this slide, do the following:On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, select Rectangle.On the slide, drag to draw a rectangle.Select the rectangle. Also on the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click the Format Shape dialog box launcher.In the Format Shape dialog box, in the Size tab, enter 7.5” into the Height box and enter 4” into the Width box.Also in the Format Shape dialog box, in the Fill tab, select Gradientfill, and then do the following:In the Type list, select Linear.In the Angle box, enter 90°.Under Gradient stops, click Add gradient stops or Remove gradient stops until three stops appear in the slider.Also under Gradient stops, customize the gradient stops as follows:Select the first stop from the leftin the slider, and then do the following: In the Position box, enter 0%.Click the button next to Color, and then under Theme Colors click Black, Text 1 (first row, second option from the left).In the Transparency box, enter 100%.Select the second stop from the leftin the slider, and then do the following: In the Position box, enter 40%.Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 47, Green: 91, and Blue: 77.In the Transparency box, enter 0%.Select the third stop from the leftin the slider, and then do the following: In the Position box, enter 100%.Click the button next to Color, and then under Theme Colors click Black, Text 1 (first row, second option from the left).In the Transparency box, enter 90%.Also in the FormatShape dialog box, in the LineColor tab, select NoLine.Select the second picture. On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Arrange, and then click Bring to Front.To reproduce the text effects on this slide, do the following:On the Insert tab, in the Text group, click TextBox, and then on the slide drag to draw your text box.Enter text in the text box, and then select the text. On the Home tab, in the Font group, do the following:In the Font list, click Calisto MT.In the FontSize list, click 36 pt. Click FontColor, and then under Theme Colors click White, Background 1 (first row, first option from the left).Position text over the least transparent part of the gradient.