(i) In the ‘Design’ tab, click the arrow of the background icon and choose background in the drop-down list. The background dialog box will appear.
(ii) In the background dialog box click the arrow under the backdrop fill and you will be presented with the following options.
(iii) Choose one of eight colours displayed to select colour outside of the colour scheme, click more colours choose a colour from either the standard tab or the custom tab and click ok.
(iv) To change the gradient, texture, pattern or picture, click fill effects.
(v) To apply gradient to the back drop, go to the ‘gradient’ tab and select colour style,
transparency and shading style. Click ok to apply the changes.
(vi) To apply a textures to the backdrop, go to the ‘Texture’ tab and select a texture. Custom textures can be applied by selecting a file with ‘other texture’ button, click OK to apply changes.
(vii) To apply pattern to the backdrop, go to the ‘pattern’ Tab and select pattern, Foreground and background colour. Click ok to apply changes.
(viii) To use a picture for the backdrop, go to the ‘picture’ tab and select the picture button. Click ok to apply changes.
(ix) Then finally, you can click ‘Apply’ or ‘Apply to All’ to either apply the background to the current slide or all the slides.
