There is a tool bar at the bottom of the edit screen in PowerPoint. This
toolbar is called the drawing bar.
On this toolbar are several icons, if you hover the mouse over the shapes, a
description should pop-up. The one that looks like a rectangle should say
rectangle when the tip pops-up. Click on this, then draw the rectangle
over the whole slide by clicking in the one corner and dragging the mouse to
the other corner.
Now fill the rectangle by clicking on the small arrow next to the tipping
paint can. This will then show you several fill options, select more fill
colors. Then select the tab labeled Standard, then the black hexagon near
the bottom, then slide the transparency slider to about 50%, Click OK.
You may want to adjust the transparency, play with the percentage a bit.
You will then want to move the dimming rectangle behind all the other
objects on the slide. Right click on the rectangle and select Order, then
send backward. Repeat this until all the shapes are in front of the dimming
rectangle.
You can also add an animation to this if you want to slowly fade it in.
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Bill Dilworth
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"StringerBell" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Thank you very much. How do I create a rectangle shape? Sorry---I`m a
> newb.
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> "Bill Dilworth" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> As with most of PowerPoint, there are multiple ways to accomplish this
>> effect. I will assume in these explanations that you are using
>> PowerPoint 2002 or newer.
>>
>> 1) Mask
>> Create a rectangle shape and configure it with 50% transparent black
>> fill. Fade this rectangle in over the background and it will effectively
>> dim the background.
>>
>> 2) Duplicate image overlay
>> Copy the image and use the picture tool bar to dim and slightly wash out
>> the new image. Then insert it exactly over the existing one and fade
>> this in over the old one.
>>
>> 3) Outside image processing overlay
>> Essentially the same as 2, but you save out the image to the hard drive,
>> then use an image processing program to make the dimmed image. Then
>> re-insert it into and over the background.
>>
>> 4) New Master
>> Use technique #2 or #3 to create a new dimmer image, and use this new
>> dimmed image as the background in a new slide master. Apply the new
>> master to the slides with text.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Bill Dilworth
>> A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team
>> Users helping fellow users.
>> http://billdilworth.mvps.org
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>> vestprog2@ Please read the PowerPoint FAQ pages.
>> yahoo. They answer most of our questions.
>> com www.pptfaq.com
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>> "StringerBell" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>> hi,
>>>
>>> I would like to present an image or background and have it fade or
>>> dim ---but only halfway so that text can be easily read over it.
>>> I know how to "Exit-Fade" in custom animation---but is there a way to
>>> stop the fade half-way to achieve my purpose?
>>> thanks........
>>>
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