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Google is a big let down sometimes. While creating a presentation in PowerPoint 2003, I tried to figure out how to change the background image. The crummy PowerPoint GUI wasn’t of much help, so I turned to Google. Yet, the first search results didn’t really seem to help.

So, without further a due, here are simple steps how to change the background image in PowerPoint, hoping this post will get its proper placing in Google so that people will get the help they need:

1. In the main slide editing screen, right click a blank space in one of the slides.
2. In the right click menu, choose Background…
3. Click the empty dropdown menu, it’s right below the small colorful picture.
4. Choose Fill Effects.
5. Click the Picture tab.
6. Click Select Picture…
7. Choose the relevant picture and click OK.
8. Click OK in the the Fill Effects window.
9. Back in the Background window, click Apply to All to set the background for all slides.

Ta da! The background image is now set for your presentation and new slides will include it automatically. It’s crazy how the usability for this sucks, I hope that Microsoft improved it for the latest versions of office, I have yet to use them.