Microsoft PowerPoint:  Save a Slide as a Picture

Have you ever used PowerPoint as a drawing program to create a picture? If you have, you have then done a copy and paste action to get the picture to another program. This works great if the other program is a Microsoft program. But did you know you can save a slide as a .gif or .jpg? Then you can use the picture on your website or in a Lotus Notes mail message.

1. First, open your presentation in PowerPoint and navigate to the slide that you want saved as an image.
2. Go to the File menu and select Save As…
3. Change the Save as type: field to either a GIF Graphics Interchange Format, JPEG File Interchange Format, or PNG Portable Network.
4. Navigate to the folder where you want to save your image, provide a filename and click Save.
5. A message box will appear asking if you want to every slide in the presentation or just the current slide. Choose the appropriate button.

You now have an image file that you can insert into any program that supports images.

If you have any questions regarding this tip or need help implementing it in your own projects, contact Ranelle Maltas, Application Support Associate, at 472-0585 or e-mail at rmaltas2@unl.edu.