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InsertPicture for PowerPoint:mac
Reviewed by Geetesh Bajaj, October 10th 2005

About InsertPicture
Download and Installation
Using InsertPicture
Pricing and Support
Conclusion

About InsertPicture
InsertPicture is a PowerPoint add-in that works on PowerPoint
for the Mac. Different versions of the add-in are available for
users
of PowerPoint v X, 2001, and 2004. For this review, I'm using the
version that works with PowerPoint 2004.
So what does this add-in do?
InsertPicture allows you to insert tons of pictures at one go
into PowerPoint slides so that you can feed a whole folder of pictures
to PowerPoint at one go - no more going to the Insert | Picture
menus a hundred times! It also allows you to import pictures from
a scanner or another TWAIN device or import pictures one at a time.
In addition, you'll find niceties like applying random animation
styles to individual pictures, and control over image editing functions
like brightness, contrast, and positioning (rotate, flip, tilt,
etc.).
InsertPicture is created by James Gordon, a Macintosh MVP who
mainly works with Microsoft's Office:mac suite of applications
including PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and Entourage. You'll find
more info about InsertPicture at the Agent Jim web site....

Download and Installation
There's no trial version available so you'll have to order the
full version from the Kagi
site. James provides a satisfaction guarantee and allows you to
ask for a refund if you are not satisfied with the add-in.
Installation is easy, and helpful instructions are available
here. Once
you've installed the add-in, your PowerPoint interface will include
the new InsertPicture toolbar that you can see here.


Using InsertPicture
I just clicked the third icon that brings up the Bulk Import Settings
dialog box that you can see in the screenshot below.

As you can see, there are plenty of options that you can play
with here. I like the random entry animation option since that
saves me so much time. Once you have tweaked the settings to your
heart's delight, click the Get Pictures button to open the familiar
Finder window to navigate to a folder that contains the pictures
you want to insert. Click the Choose button and InsertPicture automatically
inserts all the pictures for you - and it happens so quick that
you don't even have enough time for a cup of coffee!
The screenshot below shows how all my pictures were inserted into
separate slides.

Incidentally, all these pictures were sourced from Indezine
Photos - do take a look.

Pricing and Support
InsertPicture is priced very economically at US$15 per license
and costs go down for multiple licenses and academic usage.
Support is through email.

Conclusion
For what it does, InsertPicture is a real time saver that's so
affordably priced. This one receives a go-for-it verdict.


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