Add a background picture to slides
You can use a picture as the background for a slide or slides.
You can adjust the picture's transparency after you add it to the slide.
Insert a background picture on a slide
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Right-click the margin of the slide and then select Format Background.
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In the Format Background pane, choose Picture or texture fill.
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Under Insert picture from, choose where to get the picture from:
Option
Use it to
File
Insert a picture from your computer or network drive
Clipboard
Insert a copied picture
(This option is unavailable if you haven't Copied a picture.)
Online
Search the web for an image
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To adjust the picture's relative lightness, slide the Transparency bar to the right.
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To apply the background picture to all slides in your presentation, choose Apply to All. Otherwise, simply close the Format Background pane.
Remove a background picture
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In Normal view, select a slide that has the background pattern or picture you want to remove.
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On the Design tab of the toolbar ribbon, in the Customize group at the far right end, select Format Background.
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In the Format Background pane, under Fill, select Solid Fill.
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Select the down arrow next to the Color button. A gallery of colors appears. Select the white color.
Your current background is removed, and the background of the slide is now white.
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If you want to make the same change to the other slides in the presentation, choose Apply to All at the bottom of the Format Background pane.