How to Make a Photo Album using PowerPoint

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How to Make a Photo Album using PowerPoint

Create a folder on your desktop and name it “PowerPoint Photos”. Save the

photos you want to put in your PowerPoint Photo Album in this folder.

Open Power Point and open a blank presentation and click on the Insert tab.

Next, click on the Photo Album icon

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Click on File/Disk. In the window that opens, select your PowerPoint Photos folder then click

Insert.

Your PowerPoint Photos folder will open and show small images (thumbnails) of your photos.

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Select the photos you want to include in your Photo Album. Hold down the Ctrl

key and click on the photos you want to select. To select them all, hold down the

Shift key, click on the first photo, then click on the last photo you want to include,

and all of the photos you selected will be highlighted as shown below. Next, click

Insert.

In the window that opens, you can check the box next to a photo and use the arrow

keys (see below) to arrange the photos in the order you want to show them.

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Next, select the number of photos you want on each page by using the drop down

arrow on Picture layout. Check the Caption below ALL pictures box if you want a

caption below each photo. Then click on the Create button as show below.

After you click on Create, your screen should look like the screen shown below.

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Select the title text, and right-click. A small window will open that will allow you to change

the font and font size as you choose (see below). Click on the title, and change the name.

You can also select the text box below the title and enter your name if you would like.

Next, right-click anywhere outside the title text boxes, and select Format Background.

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Next, click on the Fill Color icon and select the background color that you want.

If you like, you can experiment with Gradient fill, Picture or texture fill, and Pattern fill.

Click on the first photo, then click on Format under Picture Tools, and select the Oval shape.

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Next, click on Picture Border, select a color and weight (thickness) for your border.

Next, click on the photo, then double-click on Format Painter icon

A paintbrush will appear next to your cursor.

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Next click on each photo, and the format will change to match your first photo.

When you finish, click the Esc key and the paintbrush will disappear.

Click on the Transitions tab, then select Curtains (you can try other transitions as you wish).

Then click on Apply to All so the transitions between all slides will be the same.

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Save your file. To view your Photo Album, click on the Slide Show tab, then click on the

From Beginning icon .

Your Photo Album is now ready. Each time you click the mouse, the curtains will

open and show a new photo from your Photo Album!