In PowerPoint for the web, you can do basic background formatting of one or more slides with a solid color or a picture. To do more advanced formatting, such as adding a color gradient or making a picture transparent, use the desktop version of PowerPoint on Windows or macOS. You can fill the background with a solid color.
PowerPoint for the web doesn't support gradient fills for slide backgrounds. If you would like to have gradient fills in PowerPoint for the web, please let us know by providing us feedback. See How do I give feedback on Microsoft Office? for more information. On the Design tab, select Format Background. Format the slide background with color
Select Solid Fill, and pick a color from the gallery.
(To reset the background to its previous state, select Home > Undo
If you want to have all slides have this same background color, on the Design tab, select Format Background > Apply to All.
Format the slide background with a photo
When you insert a picture as a background, PowerPoint for the web resizes the image as best as it can to fill the entire area of the slide. For best results, choose a picture that has the same orientation as your slides.
On the Design tab, select Format Background.
Select Picture From File.
(To reset the background to its previous state, select Home > Undo
.)To make all slides have this same background picture, on the Design tab, select Format Background, and then select Apply to All.
PowerPoint for the web supports the following picture formats: .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .gif, .bmp, .wmf, .emf, .tif, and .tiff.
PowerPoint for the web doesn't have the ability to make a picture transparent. Use the desktop PowerPoint app if you want to make a background picture transparent.
PowerPoint for the web doesn't have the ability to remove a picture's background. Use the desktop PowerPoint app to remove a picture's background.
Remove a slide background
You can remove whatever slide background you currently have by resetting to a solid white background:
On the Design tab, select Format Background.
Select Solid Fill, and pick White, Background 1 at the top left corner of the color gallery.
Apply a comprehensive design theme to your presentation
PowerPoint for the web comes with themes—sets of professionally designed colors, layouts, and fonts. After you select a theme, all your slides will adopt that look. For more information, see Apply a colorful theme to your presentation.
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Which key do you press to check spelling?
A
F3
B
F5
C
F7
D
F9
ANSWER & EXPLANATION
Correct Answer: (c)
No Explanation
Power Point presentation is a collection of ________
A
Slides and Handouts
B
Speaker’s notes
C
Outlines
D
All of the above
ANSWER & EXPLANATION
Correct Answer: (d)
No Explanation
Which view in PowerPoint can be used to enter speaker comments?
A
Normal
B
Slide show
C
Slide sorter
D
Notes page view
ANSWER & EXPLANATION
Correct Answer: (d)
No Explanation
What is the best way to create another copy of a slide?
A
Click the slide then press Ctrl+A and paste in new slide
B
From Insert Menu choose Duplicate Slide
C
Redo everything on a new slide that you had done on previous slide
D
None of above
ANSWER & EXPLANATION
Correct Answer: (b)
No Explanation
How to show the same presentation continuously?
A
by enabling the option “Loot continuously until ‘Esc’”
B
by enabling the option “Repeat Presentation”
C
by enabling the option “Show same Presentation”
D
Presentation cannot be continue once it finished
ANSWER & EXPLANATION
Correct Answer: (a)
No Explanation
Which type of template provides a design concept, fonts and color scheme for presentation?
A
Format
B
Design
C
Content
D
Normal
ANSWER & EXPLANATION
Correct Answer: (b)
No Explanation
Which of the following is the default page setup orientation of slide in PowerPoint
A
Vertical
B
Landscape
C
Portrait
D
None of above
ANSWER & EXPLANATION
Correct Answer: (b)
No Explanation
The PowerPoint view that displays only text (title and bullets) is
A
Slide show
B
Slide sorter view
C
Notes page view
D
Outline view
ANSWER & EXPLANATION
Correct Answer: (d)
No Explanation