Adding Backgrounds
You can create your own backgrounds when working in PowerPoint. If you start a new presentation by choosing blank when you start, you can build and design your own background instead of using the design templates. You can add a solid color, gradient, texture, pattern, or even a picture for your background. To design your own background follow these steps: Open up PowerPoint and choose blank presentation. Right click on the slide and choose Background or go to Format on the menu bar and choose Background. The background dialog box will open. Follow the set of directions that pertain to the type of background you want to add: color, gradient, texture, pattern or picture.  Color Click on the down arrow and choose one of the colors shown or click on More Colors and pick the color you would like for your background. Click on OK. Click on Apply to apply to the current slide you are on or Apply to All to apply to all of your slides. Your new color will be added. Gradient Click on the down arrow and choose Fill Effects. Make sure you are on the Gradient tab. You can choose One Color, Two Color or Present. Present are previously created gradients that you can choose from. If you choose two color Click on the down arrow to make your two color choices. Click on the radio button next to shading styles. Under Variants, click on the design that you like for your gradient. Click on OK. Click on Apply to apply to the current slide you are on or Apply to All to apply to all of your slides. Your new gradient color will be added.  Texture Click on the down arrow and choose Fill Effects. Click on the Texture tab. Click on one of the textures designs that are listed there. If you want to bring in your own texture from a file that you have saved you can click on Other Texture and go out and find the file that you want to use. Click on OK. Click on Apply to apply to the current slide you are on or Apply to All to apply to all of your slides. Your new texture will be added.  Picture Click on the down arrow and choose Fill Effects. Click on the Picture tab. Click on select picture and go find the graphic file that you want to use. Click on OK. Click on Apply to apply to the current slide you are on or Apply to All to apply to all of your slides. Your new background with a graphic will be added.  Related links:Adding new slides | PowerPoint views | Deleting slides Moving slides | Applying design templates |
