• Change a slide background color
• Add a shaded slide background
• Add a patterned slide background
• Add a textured slide background
• Add a slide background picture

1. Click Background on the Format menu.
   
   
2. Under Background fill, click the down arrow.
   
   
3. To change to a color in the color scheme, click one of the eight colors below Automatic.
   
   To change to a color that isn't in the color scheme, click More Colors. Click the color you want on the Standard tab, or click the Custom tab to mix your own color, and then click OK.
   
   To change the background color back to its default, click Automatic.
   
   
4. To apply the change to the current slide, click Apply.
   
   To apply the change to all slides and the slide master, click Apply to All.
   

1. Click Background on the Format menu.
   
   
2. Under Background fill, click the down arrow, click Fill Effects, and then click the Gradient tab.
   
   
3. Click the options you want, and then click OK.
   
   
4. To apply the change to the current slide, click Apply.
   To apply the change to all slides and the slide master, click Apply to All.

Add a Patterned Slide Background

1. Click Background on the Format menu.
   
   
2. Under Background fill, click the down arrow, click Fill Effects, and then click the Pattern tab.
   
   
3. Click the options you want, and then click OK.
   
   
4. To apply the change to the current slide, click Apply.
   To apply the change to all slides and the slide master, click Apply to All.
   

1. Click Background on the Format menu.
   
   
2. Under Background fill, click the down arrow, click Fill Effects, and then click the Texture tab.
   
   
3. Click the texture you want, or click Other Texture and find the texture you want, and then click OK.
   
   
4. To apply the change to the current slide, click Apply.
   To apply the change to all slides and the slide master, click Apply to All.

1. Click Background on the Format menu.
   
   
2. Under Background fill, click the down arrow, click Fill Effects, and then click the Picture tab.
   
   
3. Click Select Picture, find the folder that contains the picture you want, double-click the file name, and then click OK.
   
   
4. To apply the change to the current slide, click Apply.
   To apply the change to all slides, click Apply to All.

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