You can use a picture as the background for a slide or slides. You can adjust the picture's transparency after you add it to the slide.

Training: You can add a background picture to each slide or use the same background picture across an entire PowerPoint presentation. Watch this video to learn how.

You can add a solid or gradient color, a pattern, or an image as the background of a slide or an entire presentation.

With the audio icon selected on the slide, on the Playback tab, select Play in Background. Play in Background makes the audio file start automatically during a slide show and also makes the …

In the Slide Master view, in the thumbnail pane on the left, click the slide layout or layouts that you want to add a picture background to. (To multi-select, hold down the Shift key while you make …

Training: In PowerPoint, you can put a text background in your slides to get that watermark effect. Watch this video to learn how.

You can add audio, such as music, narration, or sound bites, to your PowerPoint presentation. When adding audio, you can also specify when the audio should start and how long it should run.

With cameo, you can insert your live camera feed directly on a PowerPoint slide. You can then apply the same effects to your camera feed as you can to a picture or other object, including …

Add or update the fill and border colors of a shape or text box in your documents.

To create a new presentation from a standard PowerPoint template If you don't have existing slides to add to the new presentation, simply begin creating slides in your new file.