A PowerPoint presentation is one of many tools to visually complement an oral presentation in front of a group of people. Sometimes it requires a unique design that is not in the program initially. There are many ways in this presentation to make your background and add new templates. How to do this, this article will tell.
Adding a presentation template from the Microsoft Office site
The main tool for changing the appearance of a document created with PowerPoint is built-in themes. They are quite universal, but sometimes their design does not fit the topic of the report. In this case, you can add other templates by downloading them from the official Microsoft website. To do this in PowerPoint 2007 or 2010, you need to:
- Go to the “Design” tab and fully expand the list of all available topics.
- At the bottom of the new menu, select the sub-item "Other topics ...".
- In the browser window that opens, select the desired design in one of the categories and go to the download page.
- On it, click the "Download \ Save" button and select a place to save the template.
To permanently add a new template in PowerPoint 2007, you need to:
- Perform the first step of the previous algorithm.
- Select “Search for topics” and in the Explorer window open a previously downloaded template.
- In the drop-down menu, select the "Save current topic" sub-item.
- In the new window, without changing the settings, click the "Save" button.
These two algorithms are the first way to make your background in the presentation.
Using image
Sometimes it is required that the company logo or the state flag be present in the background of the slide. To achieve this result, you can use the picture. The way to make your background in the presentation with its help is as follows:
- You need to call the "Background Format" window. There are two ways to do this. First: right-click on the sheet and select the sub-menu item of the same name. Second: in the “Background” block of the “Design” tab, click on the “Styles” button and go to the “Background format” subsection.
- In the window that opens, in the "Fill" section, put a mark next to the line: "Pattern or texture."
- Click on the “File” button to use your own image or “Clip” for the built-in.
- In the second sub-block, you can adjust the position, size and transparency of the background image on the slide.
Note. If the dialog box is called using RMB, the new background will be used only on this slide. When using the tool ribbon, the image is added to all available and added sheets.
The third way: fill the shape
It allows you to place a background image in any part of the sheet with the required dimensions. The algorithm for how to make your background using a shape in a presentation is as follows:
- Insert any shape using the button of the same name in the "Insert" tab.
- Edit its parameters using the "Format" button.
- Right-click on the figure and select "Format of figure / figure" in the context menu.
- In the dialog box, go to the "Fill" subsection and perform step No. 3 of the second method.
Additionally, you can change the image settings by switching to the "Drawing" section. It contains tools for adjusting the brightness, contrast and color gamut (button "Recolor") of the picture.
All 3 ways to make your background in a PowerPoint 2007 presentation can be used in newer versions of this application.