Get SMARTER - Set Picture Transparency

Set Picture Transparency-Portray images on your Notebook page with a expert look and feel.

1. Using an image from the web, insert into a SMART Notebook page (notebook page has a background color)

 2.  Select the image, click on the down arrow and select Set Picture Transparency...

 3.  Click on the areas surrounding the image to make them transparent and click on OK.

 4.  The final product is an image with a transparent background.

 Additional Resources:

• SJFC Tips and Tricks: Add a You Tube video to a SMART Notebook file

 http://www.sjfc.edu/dotAsset/57305c3f-e514-47dc-a44d-bfbe9df8f07f.pdf

• SMART Exchange- Lesson Plans, search by subject and grade 

http://exchange.smarttech.com/search.html?m=01

Merge multiple PowerPoint files into 1.

Caller: "How do I combine all of ppt files into one big one"? I replied: " Yes, of course this can be done" and then I said, to myself- where do they (Microsoft) have it hidden?  It took a few minutes, the answer came to me, but what a great opportunity to add this content to my blog for future reference. 


1.  With PowerPoint opened, from the Home tab, click on New Slide and select Reuse Slides...

2.  From the Reuse Slides pane, click on Browse to locate pptx file and select Browse File...

3.  Select the file and click on Open.  The slides appear within the Reuse Slides pane.  At the bottom check Keep source formatting, to retain slide formatting.

3.  Right-click on Slide 1 and select Insert Slide or Insert All Slides.

4. From the View tab, within the Presentation Views group, click on Slide Sorter to help move/arrange slides.  Save the file.