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4 Working with Sound, Movies,
Graphics, and Other Objects
This chapter describes techniques for adding and modifying
images, shapes, sound, and other objects.
An object is an item you can add to a document and then manipulate. Images, shapes,
movies, audio files, web views, tables, charts, and text boxes are all objects.
Images include photographs or PDF files. Movies and sound can be used throughout a
slideshow or only with particular slides. Shapes include simple predrawn shapes (such
as triangles and arrows) and custom shapes that you draw yourself. Web views are
webpage snapshots you can display on a slide.
Selecting Objects
Before you can move, modify, or perform other operations on objects, you must select
them. A selected object has handles that let you move or manipulate them.
Here are ways to select and deselect objects:
m To select a single object, click anywhere on the object (to select an object that has no
fill, click the edge).
m To select several objects on a slide, hold down the Shift key as you click objects.
m To select all the objects on a slide, click the slide and press Command-A.
m To select an object that’s part of a group, you must first ungroup the objects. Select the
group, and then choose Arrange > Ungroup.
m To deselect objects in a group of selected objects, hold down the Command key and
then click objects you want to deselect.
Copying or Duplicating Objects
The technique you use to copy an object depends on where you want to place the
copy. When the copy will be far from the original or in another document, copying and
pasting is generally easier. When you're working with an object that is near the original,
duplicating is generally easier.