Arrange multiple pictures in PowerPoint in Picture Tools

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Yesterday, I conducted sessions for 650+ professionals at a leading automotive manufacturing company… Very smart audience, amazing grasping power.

Here is one of the demos I used in the session…

Problem

I have multiple pictures. I want to put them into a SmartArt diagram quickly. But if I use Insert – SmartArt – Picture SmartArt, I have to insert each picture one by one.

That is repetitive. Repetition = Inefficiency

Is there a faster, smarter way?

Solution

Of course there is. Here are the steps.

1. Choose Insert – Pictures
2. Select all pictures and add them
3. As soon as the pictures are inserted, they are already selected.
4. DO NOT unselect them.
5. Notice that pictures are of different sizes and randomly arranged.
6. While all pictures are selected, click the Picture Tools tab
7. Open the Picture Layout dropdown
8. Notice that all types of Picture SmartArt appear here
9. Choose the one you want
10. The size of the diagram will be determined by the size of the picture selection
11. Adjust the diagram size as needed
12. Open the text editor and add titles if required
13. That’s it!