How to Change Transparency in PowerPoint
This wikiHow teaches you how to make a picture fully or partially transparent in a presentation slide in Microsoft PowerPoint, using Windows or Mac. On Windows, you can fill a shape with a picture and adjust its transparency. On Mac, you...
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Using Windows
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Open a PowerPoint presentation on your computer. You can open a new slide show presentation or a saved document from your files. -
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Click the Insert tab at the top. This button is above the toolbar panel at the top of the app window. It will open your Insert tools on the toolbar. -
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Select the shape you want to insert. This will allow you to add the selected shape to your current slide in any size and proportion.- Make sure to select the same shape as the picture you want to add. You may often need a standard rectangle or a circle here.
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Click, hold, and drag your mouse on the presentation slide. This will create and add your new shape to the slide.- Make sure the shape is proportional to the picture you're inserting. Otherwise, your image may become skewed.
- After creating the shape, you can adjust its size and proportions. Just click and drag the white dots on the shape's selection outline.
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Click the Format tab on the toolbar. You can find this tab above the toolbar panel when the shape is selected.- If the shape is not selected, just click on it in the slide.
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Click Shape Fill on the Format panel. It's listed next to a paint bucket icon in the "Shape Styles" section of the Format toolbar. This will open a drop-down menu of color and fill options. -
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Select Picture on the Shape Fill menu. You can find it towards the bottom of the drop-down menu. It will open your picture options in a new pop-up. -
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Select From a File in the pop-up. This option will allow you to select an image file from your computer, and add it to your slide.- Inserting the picture as a shape fill will allow you to adjust its transparency as you like.
- Alternatively, you can select Online Pictures here to insert an image from a web link.
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Select the picture you want to add. Click the picture in the File Explorer window, and click Insert or Open on the bottom-right. This will insert the selected picture inside the selected shape.- You can adjust the shape from the white dots on its outline.
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Right-click the picture in the shape. This will open your right-click options on a drop-down menu. -
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Select Format Picture on the right-click menu. This will open your formatting options on the right-hand side of the app window. -
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Click the paint bucket icon on the "Format Picture" menu. You can find this button near the upper-left corner of the Format Picture panel on the right-hand side. -
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Find the Transparency slider under the "Fill" heading. If you don't see this option, click theHow to Change Transparency in PowerPoint Picture 16
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Click and drag the Transparency slider. This will allow you to manually adjust the transparency level of the selected shape and picture.- Alternatively, you can manually type in a transparency percentage in the box here.
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Right-click the picture in the slide. Your options will pop up. -
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Select Outline in your pop-up options. This button pops up on a separate toolbar panel at the top of the right-click menu when you right-click. You can find it next to "Style" and "Fill." -
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Select No Outline on the menu. This will delete the shape outline around the edges of your picture.
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Using Mac
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Open a PowerPoint presentation on your computer. You can open a new slide show, or a saved presentation file. -
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Select the picture or shape you want to make transparent. Just click on the picture or shape to select it. -
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Click the Picture Format or Shape Format tab. You can find this button on the tab bar above the toolbar panel at the top. It will open your formatting options. -
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Click Transparency on the formatting toolbar. This button looks like a picture icon with a dashed, vertical line in the middle. It will open a drop-down panel of your transparency options. -
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Click a transparency preset on the Transparency menu. This will instantly change your picture's transparency to the selected preset level. -
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Click Picture Transparency Options on the Transparency menu. You can find it at the bottom of the Transparency drop-down. This will open the picture formatting menu. -
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Find the Picture Transparency option on the formatting menu. If it's not extended, click theHow to Change Transparency in PowerPoint Picture 28
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Click and drag the Transparency slider. You can manually adjust the transparency level of the selected shape and picture in your presentation here.- Alternatively, you can type in a transparency percentage in the box, or use the up and down arrows here.
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