In slide view, display the slide you want to add a picture to. On the Insert menu, point to Picture , and then click From File . Locate the folder that contains the picture you want to insert. Double-click on the picture file. There are two types of pictures, bitmaps, which can't be ungrouped, and pictures such as metafiles that can be ungrouped, converted to PowerPoint objects, and then edited with PowerPoint drawing tools.
Most clip art is in metafile format.
To ungroup and convert clip art to a PowerPoint object, just select it, and then click Ungroup on the Draw menu. You can then modify it just as you can any other object you draw. For example, you might insert an image of a person, ungroup it, change the color of the person's clothing, and then add the modified image to another clip art image. You can also draw your own pictures using PowerPoint drawing tools. For more information about drawing, click .