Like earlier versions, PowerPoint 2011 continues to provide an amazing array of options to format your slide backgrounds. We have already explored how you can format the slide background, including options to use solid color fills for slide backgrounds. This tutorial builds upon what you have already learned, and shows how you can cover your slide’s background with a gradient fill. Gradient fills are typically blended fills between two or more colors that graduate from one color to another — they are sometimes also called fountain fills or blended fills in other programs.
Learn how to use gradient fills for slide backgrounds in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac.

