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            <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Changing the Slide Background Fill</title>
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                <link href="text/simpress/guide/background.xhp">Changing the <switchinline select="appl"><caseinline select="IMPRESS">Slide</caseinline><defaultinline>Page</defaultinline></switchinline> Background Fill</link>
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                <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155067">You can change the background color or the background fill of the current slide or all of the slides in your document. For a background fill, you can use hatching, a gradient, or an image.</paragraph>
                <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148701">If you want to change the background fill for all of the slides, choose <menuitem>View - Master Slide</menuitem>. To change the background fill of a single slide, choose <menuitem>View - Normal</menuitem>.</paragraph>
                <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id624713" xml-lang="en-US">
                    <ahelp hid="." visibility="hidden">Click Set Background Picture for Slide in the context menu of a slide in Normal view to select an image file. This file is used as a background picture.</ahelp>
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                <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id4155067">You can change the background color or the background fill of the current page or all of the pages in your document. For a background fill, you can use hatching, a gradient, or an image.</paragraph>
                <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id4148701">If you want to change the background fill for all of the pages, choose <menuitem>View - Master Page</menuitem>. To change the background fill of a single page, choose <menuitem>View - Normal</menuitem>.</paragraph>
                <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id644713">
                    <ahelp hid="." visibility="hidden">Click Set Background Picture for Page in the context menu of a page in Normal view to select an image file. This file is used as a background picture.</ahelp>
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        <h3 id="hd_id3150534">To use a color, gradient, or hatching pattern for the <switchinline select="appl"><caseinline select="IMPRESS">slide</caseinline><defaultinline>page</defaultinline></switchinline> background</h3>
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                <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149942" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <switchinline select="appl"><caseinline select="IMPRESS"><menuitem>Slide - Properties</menuitem></caseinline><defaultinline><menuitem>Page - Properties</menuitem></defaultinline></switchinline>, and then click on the <emph>Background</emph> tab.</paragraph>
            </listitem>
            <listitem>
                <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3148725" xml-lang="en-US">In the <emph>Fill </emph>area, do one of the following:</paragraph>
                <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153040" xml-lang="en-US">Select <widget>Color</widget>, and then click a color in the list.</paragraph>
                <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150866" xml-lang="en-US">Select <widget>Gradient</widget>, and then click a gradient style in the list.</paragraph>
                <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150338" xml-lang="en-US">Select <widget>Hatching</widget>, and then click a hatching style in the list.</paragraph>
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                <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150021" xml-lang="en-US">Click <widget>OK</widget>.</paragraph>
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        <h3 id="hd_id3145244">To use an image for the <switchinline select="appl"><caseinline select="IMPRESS">slide</caseinline><defaultinline>page</defaultinline></switchinline> background</h3>
        <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148394" xml-lang="en-US">You can display an entire image as a <switchinline select="appl"><caseinline select="IMPRESS">slide</caseinline><defaultinline>page</defaultinline></switchinline> background, or you can tile the image to produce a patterned background.</paragraph>
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            <listitem>
                <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3156064" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <switchinline select="appl"><caseinline select="IMPRESS"><menuitem>Slide - Properties</menuitem></caseinline><defaultinline><menuitem>Page - Properties</menuitem></defaultinline></switchinline>, and then click on the <emph>Background</emph> tab.</paragraph>
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            <listitem>
                <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145356" xml-lang="en-US">In the <emph>Fill </emph>area, select <emph>Image</emph>, and then click an image in the list.</paragraph>
                <note id="par_id3150757">To use a custom image for the <switchinline select="appl"><caseinline select="IMPRESS">slide</caseinline><defaultinline>page</defaultinline></switchinline> background, click the <emph>Import</emph> button. Locate the image and click <widget>Open</widget>. On returning to the <emph>Background</emph> tab, the imported image is in the <emph>Image</emph> list.</note>
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                <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153151" xml-lang="en-US">Do one of the following:</paragraph>
                <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150263" xml-lang="en-US">To display the entire image as the background, clear the <emph>Tile </emph>check box in the <emph>Position </emph>area, and then select <emph>AutoFit</emph>.</paragraph>
                <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149756" xml-lang="en-US">To tile the image on the background, select <emph>Tile</emph>, and set the <emph>Size</emph>, <emph>Position</emph>, and <emph>Offset</emph> options for the image.</paragraph>
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                <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154934" xml-lang="en-US">Click <widget>OK</widget>.</paragraph>
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        <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3158403">This modification is only valid for the current presentation or drawing document.</paragraph>
        <h3 id="par_idN10820">To save a new master <switchinline select="appl"><caseinline select="IMPRESS">slide</caseinline><defaultinline>page</defaultinline></switchinline> as a template</h3>
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            <listitem>
                <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10827" xml-lang="en-US"><switchinline select="appl"><caseinline select="IMPRESS">Choose <menuitem>View - Master Slide</menuitem> to change to the master slide</caseinline><defaultinline>Choose <menuitem>View - Master Page</menuitem> to change to the master page</defaultinline></switchinline>.</paragraph>
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            <listitem>
                <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1082F"><switchinline select="appl"><caseinline select="IMPRESS">Choose <menuitem>Slide - Properties</menuitem> to change the slide background, or choose other formatting commands. Objects that you add here will be visible on all slides that are based on this master slide.</caseinline><defaultinline>Choose <menuitem>Page - Properties</menuitem> to change the page background, or choose other formatting commands. Objects that you add here will be visible on all pages that are based on this master page.</defaultinline></switchinline>.</paragraph>
            </listitem>
            <listitem>
                <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10837" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <menuitem>View - Normal</menuitem> to close the master view.</paragraph>
            </listitem>
            <listitem>
                <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1083F" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <menuitem>File - Templates - Save As Template</menuitem> to save the document as a template.</paragraph>
            </listitem>
            <listitem>
                <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10847" xml-lang="en-US">Enter a name for the template. Do not change the category from "My Templates". Click <widget>OK</widget>.</paragraph>
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        <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1084A" xml-lang="en-US">Now you can use the Templates window to open a new presentation or drawing based on your new template.</paragraph>
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