HOW TO MAKE A

FADED BACKGROUND

PICTURE IN

PowerPoint 2003

Insert a photo or graphic

Click on the Insert Clip Art button to insert a graphic

Click on Insert Picture to insert a photo

Click and drag on all edges of the photo or graphic to stretch it out to cover the whole slide

Click on the pictureThe Picture menu will appearClick on the Colour buttonSelect Washout and the picture will fadeIf the picture fades too much then click on the Contrastand Brightness buttonsto adjust the fading

Add text to your page

Go to Slide Layout on the Task Pane

Select the blank slide

then click on the slide layout you want to use, it will appear on top of the photo

If you haven’t got the Task Pane visible then go to View – Task Pane, click on

the Drop down arrow and select Slide Layout