PowerPoint has a variety of text-, image- and object-editing features. The use of photos in PowerPoint presentations illustrates your points. When used publicly, photos that are not your own should be cited according to the appropriate guidelines, for example American Psychological Association (APA) standards.
1. Open the PowerPoint file that contains the photo that you want to reference. Select the slide.
2. Insert a text box. Click the “Insert” tab and find the “Text” area. Click the “Text Box” icon. Click once in the slide and drag, while holding down the mouse button, to create the text box.
3. Type the photographer’s name, title of the photo, the year the photo was created, the month, day and year it was retrieved, and the address of the website the photo is hosted on. Separate each piece of information with a period. For example, use "Doe, John. Sunset. 2010. June 9, 2011. photos.com."
4. Select all of the text in the text box. Adjust the font size so that it may be read without impacting the slide content. Click the edge of the text box and drag it to the bottom right corner of the slide.
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