PowerPoint 2007: How To Make a Background Object Transparent
Posted by Rob Rogers in Microsoft Powerpoint
Utilizing pictures as your background for a slide can give you that extra touch to your presentation. However, it is usually necessary to add transparency to the image so that the rest of the slide is easily viewed by your audience. To do this . . .
1. Right-click on the background object.
2. Select Format Shape.
3. Select Fill in the left pane.
4. Click the radio button next to Picture or texture fill.
5. Click the File button under Insert from.
6. Browse to the desired image file and select it.
7. If the image is to utilized as a texture, check the Tile picture as texture checkbox.
8. Adjust your offsets and alignment as desired.
9. Use the Transparency slider bar to adjust the level of transparency to apply to the image. You will see a live preview of the effect.
10. Click the Close button.
11. Adjust the size of the object to properly view your image.
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June 09, 2009 at 11:49 pm, Renee said:
Thank you, these instructions were perfect and saved my presentation.
July 07, 2009 at 1:53 pm, BC said:
I must be missing something… After inserting a picture file, the “Format Shape” command does not appear as a choice when working with a JPG or enhanced meta file image…
September 25, 2009 at 6:57 pm, Kate Barrett said:
What if I’m using Microsoft Power Point 2003? Is there a way to make a picture that is used as the background, transparent?
November 11, 2009 at 2:14 am, Anonymous said:
thanks for sharing this… it works. =)
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August 06, 2010 at 2:13 am, someone said:
Thans this really worked
August 13, 2010 at 9:35 pm, Ginger Baron said:
I’m trying to find the transparency wand that was in the former versions of ppt. can anyone help me with this?
August 14, 2010 at 5:46 pm, Xyt said:
thanks….
October 07, 2010 at 9:34 pm, Rafasan1234 said:
Unfortunately this did not work for me… However, it did work when I applied Preset 8, although I was not able to adjust the % of transparency…
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Your informaiton was great – we found it.
Thank you
January 04, 2012 at 9:44 pm, Mazhar said:
I’m trying to find the transparency wand that was in the former versions of ppt. can anyone help me with this please ?