When you create a presentation and then save it as a PowerPoint template (.potx) file, you can share it with your colleagues and reuse it again. To create a template, you'll need to modify a …

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.

Training: You can add a background picture to each slide or use the same background picture across an entire PowerPoint presentation. Watch this video to learn how.

You can add a solid or gradient color, a pattern, or an image as the background of a slide or an entire presentation.

In the Slide Master view, in the thumbnail pane on the left, click the slide layout or layouts that you want to add a picture background to. (To multi-select, hold down the Shift key while you make …

In PowerPoint, you can create your own theme to use in your presentations using the fonts, colors, effects, and layouts that you prefer.

You can make one color in a picture transparent by using the built-in transparency feature. Unlike making an entire picture transparent, making only one color transparent is possible only in an …

Right-click the text box that you want to make invisible. If you want to change multiple text boxes, click the first text box or shape, and then press and hold SHIFT while you click the other text …

Training: In PowerPoint, you can put a text background in your slides to get that watermark effect. Watch this video to learn how.

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