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Jane's Quick Tips
Tip 9
Apply a Slide Background

 slide projector and screen

Apply A Slide Background

When you want to change just the background for one slide or for all slides.

Please note: Be careful, the responsibility to ensure that your background compliments your foreground objects is yours!


Procedures:

1. In Normal View.
2. Under the Format menu, select Background.
3. Choose complimentary colors under pull down list box or press More Colors dialog box to change the color or press Fill Effects… to change to a pattern.
4. Check preview button before applying.
5. Choose Apply to All or Apply to the single slide to change the background.

backgound dialog box

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