Creating a Custom Background Using Windows 10

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Step 1: Click “Home”

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Step 2: Choose the dropdown option in “Drawings”

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Step 3: Choose rectangle

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Step 4: Drag from top left corner to bottom right corner

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Step 5: Click “Shape Fill”
Step 6: Choose a light color

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Step 7: Click “Shape Outline”
Step 8: Click “No Outline”

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 Step 9: Click rectangle shape

Step 10: Pull rectangle from top left corner to a

third of the way down the right side
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Step 11: Click “Shape Fill”
Step 12: Choose 2 shades
darker than original color

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Step 13: Click “Shape Outline”
Step 14: Click “No Outline”

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Step 15: Click “Format”
Step 16: Click “Edit Shape”

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Step 17: Click “Edit Points”

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Step 18: Click the bottom left box

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Step 19: Drag bottom white box straight up to top

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Step 20: Right click the image and click “Copy”

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Step 21: Right click the image and click “Paste”

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Step 22: Drag new image down to middle of page

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Step 23: Click “Home”

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Step 24: With the top image selected, click “Shape Outline”

Step 25: Click “No Outline”

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Step 26: Click “Shape Fill”
Step 27: Choose 1 shades
darker than last color

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Step 28: Right click and hover over “Send to Back” arrow

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Step 29: Click “Send Backward”

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Step 30: Click and drag the middle shade
image up just enough to see the bottom

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Step 29: Right-click the background image

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Step 30: Click “Fill”

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Step 31: Click “Gradient”

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Step 32: Click “More Gradients…”

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Step 33: In popup menu, click “Gradient Fill”

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Step 34: Click “Preset Gradients”

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Step 35: Choose a block from the top row

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Now you can save image for future use

Continue to see this process

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Step 1: Click “File”
Step 2: Click “Save As”

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Step 3: Click “Browse”

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Step 4: Click “This PC” then “Documents”

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Step 5: Name file in the format of
“Firstname.Last name. PowerPointBackground”
Step 6: Click Drop down arrow for “Save as type”

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Step 7: Click “JPEG
Step 8: Click “Save”File Interchange Format”

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Step 9: Click “All Slides”

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Step 10: Click “OK”

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