All Things Visual

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To create a simple Art History style PowerPoint 2008 theme, first open a new presentation. The Formatting Palette will appear on the right side; if it does not, click on the “Toolbox” icon from the menu bar. On the Formatting Palette, [...]

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Click on the image to learn how to download images from ARTstor and put them in PowerPoint for a classroom presentation.

Click here to view all ARTstor videos on Youtube.

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. . . make a PowerPoint presentation?
. . . create a high-quality digital image?
. . . find works of art in the VRC Collection?
. . . export a detail from Luna Insight?
. . . share a group of images in ARTstor?
The VRC can help you with all things related to digital imaging. Contact us to [...]

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On a PC, it’s easy to load a folder of images directly into Powerpoint. With your presentation open, click on Insert in the menu bar, then click on Picture, then New Photo Album… This option lets you select an entire folder of images to add to your presentation. To learn more, download the VRC’s Powerpoint [...]

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The VRC recommends that you scan your images at about 1400 pixels on the longest edge of the digital image. Your computer will project up to 1400 (w) x 1050 (h) pixels on our projectors. Click here for a good explanation of Powerpoint-presentation image size from Microsoft.

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NSIT has issued an advisory concerning Microsoft Office 2007 and Windows Vista. Salient points:

Office 2007 for Windows has a default “save” format that is incompatible with earlier versions of Office and with Office for Mac.
If you are ordering a new machine, NSIT recommends purchasing it with Windows XP, instead of Vista.
NSIT will also not be [...]

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