PowerPoint, the massively popular presentation software from Microsoft that comes as part of MS Office has been around for over a decade and has become synonymous with 'presentation making'. PowerPoint, or PPt in short, is now actively being used for everything ranging from school projects to business seminars.
This popularity of PPt is no gimmick. The software has gained trust and credibility by coming loaded with posh features and options that keep getting better and more diverse with every update.
But one of the few 'limitations' of the PowerPoint is the lack of the ability to make images transparent, preventing you from adding in cool 'faded' effects or simply having semi-transparency whenever required. Thankfully, there is a workaround for this, and it's a fairly simple one.
1)Launch PowerPoint, and open the presentation where you want a transparent image.
2)Now go to Insert → Shapes and choose a shape, and draw it on the presentation.
NOTE: You don't have to worry about the size of the shape, as you can always re size it later, but choosing a shape corresponding to the image you intent to make transparent helps. (For example, choosing the circle shape if your image is circular will make managing it easier later on.)
Hope that helped!
This popularity of PPt is no gimmick. The software has gained trust and credibility by coming loaded with posh features and options that keep getting better and more diverse with every update.
But one of the few 'limitations' of the PowerPoint is the lack of the ability to make images transparent, preventing you from adding in cool 'faded' effects or simply having semi-transparency whenever required. Thankfully, there is a workaround for this, and it's a fairly simple one.
1)Launch PowerPoint, and open the presentation where you want a transparent image.
2)Now go to Insert → Shapes and choose a shape, and draw it on the presentation.
NOTE: You don't have to worry about the size of the shape, as you can always re size it later, but choosing a shape corresponding to the image you intent to make transparent helps. (For example, choosing the circle shape if your image is circular will make managing it easier later on.)
3) Right click on the shape and choose 'Format Shape'. The Format shape pane will open up.
4)Under the 'Shape Options' tab, click 'Fill' and choose 'Picture or Texture fill'. Now, from the options that show up, choose 'Insert picture from file', and proceed to browse and open the image you wish to make transparent. (Format shape changes to Format picture as you do this.)
5)And just like that, you're done! Now you can use the transparency slider to adjust the transparency of your shape, which is now an image.
Hope that helped!
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