PowerPoint Backgrounds on the Lighter Side

In PowerPoint, you can easily lighten a background photo so that you can put dark text in front of it. This can be a high impact visual technique! Here's how:

1. Select your picture with the mouse.
2. Select “Format Picture” from the Picture Toolbar
3. Select the “Picture” Tab
4. Select “Washout” from the Image Control “Color” drop down boxes.

Remember to send your Washout Picture to the back (Draw, Order, Send to Back). That way, the washed out picture will be in the back, and you can type darker text right over it (see example below.)

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