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Transparency for Shape Fills in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows

Shape fills such as solid colors, gradients, pictures, and textures can have a transparency attribute that lets you reduce the opacity of a fill so that the slide object or background behind shows through. Transparency is calculated in percentages and you can change its value all the way from 0 to 100%. Some fill options, such as pattern and slide background have no transparency options.

Learn how to apply Transparency to shape fills in PowerPoint 2016.

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PowerPoint 2016 for Windows users can learn more about fills for shapes, such as advanced gradient fills, gradient stops, texture fills, texture tiling options, and picture fills. Finally, do not miss the new templates of this week!

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No Fill in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows

After learning how to add different fills for shapes in PowerPoint 2016, now it’s time to learn how to remove any fill from a shape so that your shape only has an outline without a fill. Whenever you insert a new shape into a PowerPoint slide, it is filled with a solid color by default (or the default fill may be different depending on the Theme applied to your presentation). Most of the time, you may leave that unaltered, but there are times you want just the outline to be visible. It is in scenarios like these where it can be useful to learn how to remove any fill.

Learn to remove fill from selected shapes in PowerPoint 2016.

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Add Slide Background Fill to Shapes in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows

You have already learned how to add different fills for shapes. Just like the Pattern fill option, there is one more hidden shape fill option which you can’t access from the Shape fill gallery — yet this is one of those fantastic PowerPoint features that you have to use to believe! The Slide Background fill option is different from other shape fill options because instead of filling something into the selected shape, it makes the slide background area behind the shape visible into the selected shape.

Learn to add the Slide Background itself as a fill for selected shapes in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows.

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Tagged as: Fills, Microsoft Windows, Office 2016, PowerPoint 2016, Shapes, Slide Background Fill, Tutorials

Add Pattern Fills to Shapes in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows

Pattern fills for shapes are two-color designs comprising lines, dots, dashes and checks. PowerPoint includes 48 patterns such patterns with names like Plaid, Weaves, Shingle and Zig Zag. Pattern fills for shapes are not included within the Shape fill drop-down gallery in PowerPoint 2016. But you can find this option buried within the Format Shape Task Pane. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how you can access Pattern fill options.

Learn to use Pattern fills for selected shapes in PowerPoint 2016.

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Tagged as: Fills, Microsoft Windows, Office 2016, Pattern, PowerPoint 2016, Shapes, Tutorials