"Water Seal" or "Water Mark" .....?

[metarella59]

I'm new to powerpoint and I'm trying to make a background picture
transparent so that I can put the text over it as an overlay. A
friend told me that he thought this was called a water seal or a water
mark, has anyone heard of this, or do you know how to do what I am
talking about?

 

[aneasiertomorrow]

Hi

What version of PowerPoint are you using? I have no experience with 2007
(yet) so can't help with that, but if you are using 2003/XP or 2000 this
article should help:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-au/powerpoint/HA010797741033.aspx?pid=CL100626991033

Lucy

PS I would just add a picture as a background to my master slide then add a
white autoshape over the top and play with the transparency until I got the
desired result, but I like to make things complicated
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[metarella59]

Thank you for your reply! I have Windows 2003. I copied down the web
instructions you sent for the "Backgound and Watermark" and now I will
proceed to work with it on my presentation. I'll let you know how it
goes. Also, thanks for the tips

 

[aneasiertomorrow]

No probs & good luck
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[Kathy Jacobs]

Lucy,
When you do get to playing with 2007, you will find that there are all kinds
of new fun ways to create the watermark. One of the built in ones is to
change the picture from a full color picture to a washout picture. Really
cool effect.

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