I have to change the background in a ppt file and all the obvious solutions
don't work (slide master, change background, etc). It seems the slides and
their current background are pasted on top of each existing slide. For
example, I can shrink the existing slide and the newly selected background is
there but I can't alter of the original slides and need the information from
all the slides, about 80. Do I have to cut and paste each one to a new
presentation or is there a way to change the background or send the info to a
blank background file?

I think this really depends on how the information is there. Is it just
text on top of pictures, or is it a picture that includes the text? Can you
edit any of the text? If so, you can probably either extract the text or
get rid of the pictures that are blocking your background. If you can't,
then the text is probably part of a picture, and you will have a hard time
extracting it.
--David

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David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

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> I have to change the background in a ppt file and all the obvious
> solutions don't work (slide master, change background, etc). It seems
> the slides and their current background are pasted on top of each
> existing slide. For example, I can shrink the existing slide and the
> newly selected background is there but I can't alter of the original
> slides and need the information from all the slides, about 80. Do I
> have to cut and paste each one to a new presentation or is there a way
> to change the background or send the info to a blank background file?
>