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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="color:black">Have you ever wanted to use a great theme in PowerPoint, but couldn't because certain design elements would be in the way on some slides?
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<strong>However, sometimes when you add content like pictures, tables or graphics, the design becomes a problem.</strong> You may need every inch of the slide for the content that you're trying to display.
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<strong>three different things</strong> instead. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Make the background <strong>plain white</strong> ... or any <strong>solid color</strong> (as shown above)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
Add a <strong>picture, pattern or texture</strong> as the background.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
Replace the background with a <strong>gradient</strong> color design. (see below) <o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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In the far right under the <em>Customize</em> section, click on <em>Format Background</em>. <br>
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To hide the background design, check the box, <em>Hide background graphics</em>. <o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">Now, if you want to add other options, you can choose a solid or gradient fill, or use a picture, texture or pattern. PowerPoint has pre-designed options when you make these choices, or you
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The changes are made to the <em>one slide</em> only, not your whole presentation.
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<strong>CAUTION:</strong> Make sure <em>not</em> to go crazy with the variety of options so that your slide presentation will still have a cohesive look.
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<strong>EXAMPLES: (</strong>Wrong. <em>Right</em>.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.5pt"><span style="color:black">You did good.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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