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Learn more about the Background Texture Collection... PowerPoint comes built-in with a few default textures as well - to enabled a tiled or textured background:
PatternsPatterns are created using any two colours in combination witha set of default designs.
Patterns are rarely used as backgrounds - maybe because they have to be handled with more care than any other background type. It's easy to create a patterned background which can strain the eyes of a viewer. Choose the twin colours which form a pattern with care - the safest bet is to use light, pastel or neutral colours - like beige and baby pink, or lilac and grey. Such combinations don't intimidate.
Picture BackgroundsPicture backgrounds are the most attractive of backgrounds. You should avoid picture backgrounds if your presentation consists of a lot of elements, unless the picture you're using is very neutral in its theme. This advice is rarely heeded - everyone wants to use picture backgrounds these days! So, the debate nowadays is how to coordinate such backgrounds so that they look good and are usable as well.
In most cases, you'll have to tweak such backgrounds in an image editing application - trying out adjustments in brightness, contrast, gamma or saturation to attain an image which can be an acceptable background. It's easy to change picture backgrounds using the techniques and step-by-step tutorials explained above on this page.
Multiple BackgroundsMultiple backgrounds receive mixed reactions - but first let's define multiple backgrounds. PowerPoint allows you to selectively allot a separate background to an individual slide - this background overrides any background which may be an element of the slide master. Quite often you may find that a long presentation can be monotonous - you may attempt to break such monotony by using different backgrounds for a set of slides. This doesn't mean that you could use 30 different backgrounds for 30 slides! Within these 30 slides (as an example), you could perhaps divide your presentation on the basis of content into 3 sets of 10 slides each. Thereafter, each of these sets could sport a different background. This has the added advantage of subtly reminding your audience about the changing of a topic during the presentation. Whatever you do, make sure that all different or multiple backgrounds in the slide are coordinated. The change in texture, colour or anything else in the backgrounds has be visible - but not at the cost of continuity.
PowerPoint 2002's Multiple MastersFinally, PowerPoint 2002 allows multiple masters - a long requested feature. You'll find more details elsewhere on this site - under the comprehensive PowerPoint 2002 Overview You'll find more info about multiple masters at ppted.com
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