The Photo Album dialogue box includes a few photo-editing functions, such as the ability to turn all the images black ~nd white, or to adjust the brightness and contrast in your shots; however, we advise leaving these basic controls alone. If your photos need editing, it's best to do this before they reach Powerpoint. The order in which the photos are displayed can be changed, though. To do this, select a picture in the list and use the up and down buttons beneath it. If any photos show up sideways or upside down, use the buttons marked with two triangles and an arrow to rotate them.

You can choose whether to include a caption with your images. The bottom of the Photo Album dialogue box includes a section labelled 'Album Layout'. If'Fit to slide' is selected in the picture layout box then the image will be the only thing on each slide. If you want to include a caption with each picture you need to select either' I picture', or' I picture with title'. By default the caption is the filename of each image, but you can change it later. The box below allows you to add a frame to the pictures. Once you are happy, click the Create button.



If you decide to change these settings later, you can change the formatting of your photo album. In Powerpoint 2003, choose Photo Album from the format menu; in Powerpoint 2007, select to the Insert tab, click on the dropdown list below Photo Album and select 'Edit Photo Album'.

By default the backgro"und of each slide will be plain white. This doesn't look so great for photos, so in Powerpoint 2003 select Backgrounq.from the Format menu and choose another colour- black is particularly effective - from the dropdown menu before clicking Apply. In Powerpoint 2007, an assortment of pleasant but subtle slide designs is available - click on Format, then Slide Design.