Pictures Basics and Adjustments: Insert or Link Pictures in PowerPoint

Created: Tuesday, May 13, 2014, posted by Geetesh at 3:53 pm

Updated: Friday, October 30, 2020 at 1:22 pm

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Inserting a picture on a PowerPoint slide is a frequent and commonplace task, and to you, this may look like a simple activity. But this simple task includes few options. You know that pictures located in any of your folders can be inserted on a slide. However, do you know that you can link to a picture, rather than inserting it as part of the presentation itself?

To learn more, choose your version of PowerPoint. If we do not have a tutorial for your version of PowerPoint, explore the version closest to the one you use.

Microsoft Windows

Insert or Link Pictures in PowerPoint 2016

Insert or Link Pictures in PowerPoint 2013

Insert or Link Pictures in PowerPoint 2010

Apple Mac

Insert or Link Pictures in PowerPoint 2016

Insert or Link Pictures in PowerPoint 2011

Insert and/or Link Pictures in PowerPoint

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