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On slide 1, select the
three pictures.
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On the Format contextual
tab, in the Arrange group,
click the Align button, and
then in the list, click Distribute
Vertically.
The middle picture moves down so that it is the same
distance below the left picture as it is above the right
picture.
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In the Arrange
group, click the Align button,
and then click Align
Center.
The pictures are now stacked on top of each other.
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Click away from the stack, and then click the top
picture.
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In the Arrange group,
click the Bring Forward arrow,
and then click Bring to
Front.
The top picture moves forward in the stack, obscuring the
middle picture.
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In the Arrange group,
click the Selection Pane
button.
The Selection And Visibility task pane opens.
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In the task pane, under Shapes on
this Slide, click Content Placeholder 10.
On the slide, the selection rectangle indicates that the
middle picture is selected.
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Close the Selection and
Visibility task pane.
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In the Arrange group,
click the Bring Forward
button.
The middle picture moves forward in the stacking
order.
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In the Arrange group,
click the Align button, and
then click View
Gridlines.
A faint dotted grid appears on the slide.
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Drag the selected cat picture to the right and down, so that
its right and bottom borders align with the first gridlines from
the right and bottom edges of the slide.
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Drag the crow picture so that its right and bottom borders
align with the second gridlines from the right and bottom edges of
the slide.
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Drag the frog picture so that its right and bottom
borders align with the third gridline from the right and bottom
edges of the slide.
The pictures are now evenly stacked and spaced.
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In the Arrange group,
click the Align button, and
then click Grid
Settings.
The Grid And Guides dialog box opens.
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In the Grid
settings area, clear the Display grid on screen check box.
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In the Guide settings
area, select the Display drawing guides on
screen check box, and then click OK.
The grid disappears, and vertical and horizontal guides span
the slide.
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Point to the vertical guide away from any text or objects,
and drag it to the left, releasing it when the accompanying
ScreenTip reads 3.50. Then drag
the horizontal guide down until its ScreenTip reads 0.50.
Troubleshooting
If you move an object on the slide instead of a guide,
click the Undo button, and then point outside the margins of the
slide to drag the guide.
The ScreenTips show in inches how far each guide is from the
0 mark in the center of the slide. As you drag, numbers are
skipped because the Snap Objects To Grid check box is selected in
the Grid And Guides dialog box.
Tip
The Snap Objects To Grid option snaps guides and graphics
to an invisible grid. You can turn off this option, and you can
set the spacing of the grid in the Grid And Guides dialog
box.
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Point to the selected frog picture, and drag it to the left
until its left and bottom borders align with the guides.
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Select all the pictures. Then on the Format tab, in the Arrange group, click the Align button, and in the list, click
Distribute Horizontally.
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Repeat step 19 to distribute the pictures vertically.
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In the Arrange group,
click the Align button, click
Grid Settings, and in the
Grid and Guides dialog box,
clear the Display drawing guides on
screen check box. Then click OK.
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Click the shape behind the pictures, and drag the green
rotating handle clockwise until the shape stretches diagonally
across the slide. Then drag the shape’s middle sizing handles
until it is almost as wide as the pictures.
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With the shape still selected, in the Arrange group, click the Send Backward arrow, and click Send to Back.
The shape now sits behind the slide title as well as the
pictures.
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On the View Shortcuts
toolbar in the lower-right corner of the program window, click the
Reading View button.
You can now see what the slide will look like during
presentation delivery.
