Format Shape: Pattern

3. Try it: Create a Custom Fill

We are still on Slide 1.
The Title Text Box is selected.
The Format Shape dialogue is open.

 

Select a Category: Fill.

Select a Fill: Pattern Fill.
 

What Do You See? When you select a Pattern Fill you will see the editing options on the bottom.

 

Try This, Too: Edit the Pattern Fill

Select a Foreground Color: Light Green

Select a Background Color: White

Click Close when you are done editing.

 

OK, that was interesting.

 

Memo to Self: The Pattern Fills go way, way back to the early days in computers before the screens and printouts had color. Think about it: the first PCs and MACS were black and white in 1984.

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Exam 77-883: Microsoft PowerPoint 2010

2. Creating a Slide Presentation

2.6. Format text boxes: Use Pattern or Texture Fill