Customizing the Slide Background

The slide background consists of the color, pattern, or images which appear behind the title, text, graphics, and other elements of a slide. A slide background can be a solid color, a gradient, a texture, a pattern, or an image. You can customize each of these elements to create the ideal background for your presentation.

To customize the slide background:

1. Select Background... on the Format menu.
2. Select the background color you want for your presentation.
3. Select the Fill Effects option to change the gradient, texture, or pattern of the background.
4. Click Apply to customize just the selected slide.
5. Click Apply to All to customize all the slides in your presentation.

From the Background dialog box:

• Click the Omit background graphics from the master check box to hide the graphics that are on the Slide Master.
• Click the Preview button to see how your new background will look on the slide.

To open the Background dialog box, you can also right-click the slide and select Background... from the menu.