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If you want something fancier than a solid color or a gradient, you can give the slide
background a texture. PowerPoint comes with several built-in textures that you can eas-
ily apply to the background of slides. If none of these meets your needs, you might want
to use a picture of a textured surface. For a dramatic effect, you can also incorporate
an image or design of your own, although these are best reserved for small areas of the
slide rather than the entire background.
In this exercise, you’ll shade the background of one slide. Then you’ll apply a textured
background to all the slides in the presentation.SET UP You need the ColorDesign_start presentation located in your Chapter15
practice file folder to complete this exercise. Open the ColorDesign_start presenta-
tion, and save it as ColorDesign. Then follow the steps.- On the Design tab, in the Background group, click the Background Styles
button.
The Background Styles gallery appears.
The gallery shows four solid colors and two gradients in each of four colors taken from
the theme’s color scheme.- In the gallery, point to each thumbnail in turn to see a live preview of its effects.