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Changing the SlidePage Background Fill

You can change the background colour or the background fill of the current slide or all of the slides in your document. For a background fill, you can use hatching, a gradient, or an image.

If you want to change the background fill for all of the slides, choose View - Master Slide. To change the background fill of a single slide, choose View - Normal.

You can change the background colour or the background fill of the current page or all of the pages in your document. For a background fill, you can use hatching, a gradient, or an image.

If you want to change the background fill for all of the pages, choose View - Master Page. To change the background fill of a single page, choose View - Normal.

To use a colour, gradient, or hatching pattern for the slidepage background

  1. Choose Slide - PropertiesPage - Properties, and then click on the Background tab.

  2. In the Fill area, do one of the following:

Select Colour, and then click a colour in the list.
Select Gradient, and then click a gradient style in the list.
Select Hatching, and then click a hatching style in the list.

  1. Click OK.

To use an image for the slidepage background

You can display an entire image as a slidepage background, or you can tile the image to produce a patterned background.

  1. Choose Slide - PropertiesPage - Properties, and then click on the Background tab.

  2. In the Fill area, select Image, and then click an image in the list.

To use a custom image for the slidepage background, click the Import button. Locate the image and click Open. On returning to the Background tab, the imported image is in the Image list.

  1. Do one of the following:

To display the entire image as the background, unmark the Tile check box in the Position area, and then select AutoFit.
To tile the image on the background, select Tile, and set the Size, Position, and Offset options for the image.

  1. Click OK.

This modification is only valid for the current presentation or drawing document.

To save a new master slidepage as a template

  1. Choose View - Master Slide to change to the master slideChoose View - Master Page to change to the master page.

  2. Choose Slide - Properties to change the slide background, or choose other formatting commands. Objects that you add here will be visible on all slides that are based on this master slide.Choose Page - Properties to change the page background, or choose other formatting commands. Objects that you add here will be visible on all pages that are based on this master page..

  3. Choose View - Normal to close the master view.

  4. Choose File - Templates - Save As Template to save the document as a template.

  5. Enter a name for the template. Do not change the category from "My Templates". Click OK.

Now you can use the Templates window to open a new presentation or drawing based on your new template.