Transparent Slide Background

[L Lightner]

I like to have a fairly-transparent picture as my slide background on all
slides.

I do this though the Slidemaster, Background Styles, Format Background...
then I increase the Transparency.

What happens is if I save and close the presentation and reopen it the slide
background is no longer transparent (it resets back to 0%)

Thank you in advance!

 

[Echo S]

Yeah, you can't really have a transparent background on your slide, and I
don't know why PPT allows this. It's annoying.

You could add your picture to a slide (not as a background) and apply the
transparency. Then right-click and Save as Picture. You can use that new
image as your background.

 

[L Lightner]

It does seem strange... thank you so much for your quick response! It was
very helpful!
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L Lightner

Yeah, you can't really have a transparent background on your slide, and I
don't know why PPT allows this. It's annoying.

You could add your picture to a slide (not as a background) and apply the
transparency. Then right-click and Save as Picture. You can use that new
image as your background.

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I like to have a fairly-transparent picture as my slide background on all
slides.

I do this though the Slidemaster, Background Styles, Format Background...
then I increase the Transparency.

What happens is if I save and close the presentation and reopen it the
slide
background is no longer transparent (it resets back to 0%)

Thank you in advance!