How to create letters with pictures in PowerPoint slides

To create a picture like this, you need two simple steps:

   1.   Create a shape from a letter.

   2.   Add a picture to the shape.

To create a shape from a letter, do the following:

   1.   Add any shape to the slide, for example, a rectangle:

   1.1.   On the Insert tab, in the Illustrations group, select Shapes:

   1.2.   In the Shapes list, from the Rectangles group, select and add to the slide the Rectangle shape:

   2.   Add the letter you would like to use in front of the shape, for example:

   3.   Select the shape and the letter and then on the Shape Format tab, in the Insert Shapes group, choose the Merge Shapes dropdown list and then select Intersect:

You will see the new shape from the letter (see some additional steps at the bottom of this tip for letter O or How to make modern picture design in PowerPoint slide):

   4.   Right-click on the shape and then choose Format Shape... in the popup menu:

   5.   On the Format Shape pane, in the Shape Options tab:

• In the Fill section:
  • Choose Picture or texture fill,
  • Click on the Insert... button:
    
  • In the Insert Pictures dialog box, choose the picture location, select the picture file, and then click Open or Insert:
  
• In the Line section, select No line:
  

Add any other adjustments you would like.

Note: Sometimes, you need to take additional steps after creating a simple shape from a letter to see a more interesting shape:

After step 3, you will see a very think shape (here was used font Papyrus), do the following:

   a.   Just duplicate this shape, make it smaller, and add a new oval shape between them:

   b.   Group them (see How to make modern picture design in PowerPoint slide).

See also this tip in French: Comment créer des lettres avec des images dans des diapositives.