Background

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The background of a slide may be changed to a colour or a fill effect, which may be a gradient, texture, pattern, or picture. For your assignment, you will change the background of one of your slides using a fill effect.

To change a background of a selected slide, select "Background" from the "Format" menu to get the following pop-up window:

To remove any background graphics from the design template you are using, so that it does not interfere with your new background, put a checkmark next to "Omit background graphics from master" in the window above. To select a colour or fill effect, click on the drop-down menu shown above with a blue colour selected. The following menu will appear:

Click on one of the eight colours provided or select a custom colour by clicking on "More Colors..." To revert to the defaulted colour after making any changes, click on "Automatic." To apply a fill effect for a background, click on "Fill Effects..." to get the following pop-up window:

For your assignment, you are asked to apply a fill effect to one of the slides in your presentation. Decide whether you want to insert a gradient, texture, pattern, or picture, then click on the appropriate tab in the above window. Choose your settings then click OK. On the Background window, click "Apply" to apply to the one slide you selected.

Please continue to the next section on Inserting Graphics.