Add texture fills to shapes in PowerPoint 2003 and 2002 for Windows. Seamless textures work best for such fills.
Author: Geetesh Bajaj
Product/Version: PowerPoint 2003 and 2002 for Windows
OS: Microsoft Windows XP and higher
Other than solid fills and gradient fills, PowerPoint 2003 for Windows and previous versions also include three other fill types: textures, patterns, and pictures. On this page, we will explore the Texture Fills. If you want to see a sample presentation showing Texture Fills in PowerPoint, scroll down to the bottom of this page.
Before we get into textures, it's important to understand how they are different from pictures. After all, both textures and pictures are bitmaps from pixel based formats like JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG, TIFF, etc. The main difference between textures and bitmaps is that while textures are seamless, bitmaps are not necessarily seamless. Seamless means that if you tile up a texture, it will not show any edges while tiling thus providing an illusion of a seamless expanse.
In Figure 1, the graphic on the left shows how a texture tiles up, while the graphic on the right shows how a regular bitmap that is not seamless tiles up. If you want to see the Figure below in a larger size, click on it to open a new window that shows a larger preview.
Figure 1: Seamless and non-seamless samples
PowerPoint includes 24 seamless textures which can be applied to any AutoShape, you can even import more textures that you can buy from third-party providers like Ppted.com.
Follow these steps to change or apply a Texture Fill to an AutoShape:
This is a sample of just a few textures from the Ppted Background Texture Collection.
We used the textures in the Ppted Background Texture Collection to create this sample presentation:
Click below to view on YouTube
See Also:
Fills for Shapes: Add Texture Fills to Shapes (Glossary Page)
Add Texture Fills to Shapes in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows
Add Texture Fills to Shapes in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac
Add Texture Fills to Shapes in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows
Add Texture Fills to Shapes in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac
Add Texture Fills to Shapes in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows
Add Texture Fills to Shapes in PowerPoint 2007 for Windows
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