You can use any of these options to change your Slide Background.

Options within the Format Background Task Pane are explained below, as marked in Figure 3.

This brings up the Format Background Task Pane, as shown in Figure 3.

Within this menu, select the Format Background option, as shown in Figure 2.

Alternatively, right-click (or Ctrl + click) anywhere on an empty area of the slide to bring up the contextual menu.

Select the Design tab of the Ribbon, and click the Format Background button, as shown highlighted in blue within Figure 1.įigure 1: Format Background button within the Design tab of the Ribbon

Create a new presentation or open an existing presentation.

This action effectively acts as a Reset option.įollow these steps to change the background of your slides beyond the default Background Styles in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac:

To get back to the defaults, just choose any one of the 12 Background Styles again.

Note: Any changes you make beyond the 12 Background Styles are changes that override the active Theme of your presentation.

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