You can add your own background graphics, either to the slide master or to individual layout masters. This works just like adding any other graphic to a slide except you add it to the master instead of to an individual slide.

Inserting pictures is covered in greater detail in Chapter 24, but here are the basic steps for adding a background graphic:

1. Display the slide master or layout master on which you want to place the background graphic.
2. Do any of the following:

• On the Insert tab, click Picture. Select a picture to insert and click Open.
• On the Insert tab, click Clip Art. Search for a piece of clip art to use, and insert it on the master.
• In any application (including PowerPoint), copy any graphic to the Clipboard by pressing Ctrl+C; then display the master and paste the graphic by pressing Ctrl+V.

Most of the background graphics that come with the built-in themes are either semi-transparent or use one of the placeholder colors for their fill. Therefore changing the color theme also changes the color of the background graphic. Keep that in mind if you are creating your own background graphics; it’s better to use theme colors or transparency than to use fixed colors that might clash with a color theme that you later apply.

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