Troubleshoot pictures

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003

  • If the image is a drawn picture (vector-based), select the picture and then click Recolor Picture Button image on the Picture toolbar.
  • If the picture is clip art, try ungrouping the image, and then use the drawing tools to change the colors.

ShowI can't ungroup an imported picture.

The image is a bitmap, which can't be ungrouped and converted to an object.

You can modify the image in an imaging program, and then insert it into your work.

ShowI can't change an animated GIF picture.

You cannot crop or change the fill, border, shadow, or transparency of an animated GIF picture by using the Picture or Drawing toolbar or the Format Picture dialog box. Make these changes in an animated GIF editing program, and then insert the file again.