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Free tutorial download: 5 easy, sure-fire PowerPoint backgrounds


Would you like to know how to create your own great-looking PowerPoint backgrounds? My tutorial shows you how to create 5 easy backgrounds and graphic techniques that you can use whenever you want.

I also include the PowerPoint presentations so you can dissasemble them and see how they work.

I made this tutorial available to subscribers of my PowerPoint Tips Newsletter first. Now it's available to anyone who signs up.

Just complete the Sign Up form at the left and you'll receive the URL for the tutorial. Or, sign up for my RSS feed at the left and you'll see an item for the 5 easy sure-fire backgrounds tutorial.

In the tutorial, you'll learn how to create these 5 background/image types:

  • Brightly-colored photo with semi-transparent text box

  • Colorized, softened photo

  • Gradient combos

  • White/white texture with 3D bar

  • Cropped photo sidebar

You'll also get some ideas for using images as metaphors in your presentations.

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