Microsoft KB Archive/61901

Creating Shaded Object in PowerPoint PSS ID Number: Q61901 Article last modified on 09-25-1991 PSS database name: W_PowerPt

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WINDOWS

Summary:

You can use one of the two following procedures to create a shaded object in Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows.

Procedure 1
Copy and Paste As Picture an opaque object, as follows:


 * 1) Create a slide with the desired shaded background.
 * 2) Draw the desired type of object.
 * 3) From the Draw menu, set the object to opaque by choosing Opaque.
 * 4) From the Edit menu, choose Copy or Cut.
 * 5) Move to the desired slide and Choose Paste As Picture to paste the object.
 * 6) Resize as desired. The object now has the shading of the portion of the slide that it originally covered.

Procedure 2
Copy an empty shaded slide from Title Sorter or Slide Sorter view and paste it into your slide, as follows:


 * 1) Create a new slide with the desired shaded background.
 * 2) Delete the text from the title.
 * 3) Enter Slide Sorter or Title Sorter view.
 * 4) Select the new slide and from the Edit menu choose Copy.
 * 5) Double-click or highlight and select the desired slide. From the Edit menu choose Paste As Picture.
 * 6) Resize the shaded object as desired.

Note: This procedure creates only a rectangular, shaded object. This procedure can also be used for placing reduced images of any of your slides onto a slide in your presentation.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1991.