Now click-on Format in the Menu Bar again. Next, click-on Background.

The following Menu Screen will appear. Click-on the small triangle in the bottom portion of this screen. Now click-on Fill Effects.

Notice, in the Fill Effects Screen Menu below, that there are a number of choices (tabs at the top) – Gradient, Texture, Pattern and Picture (see arrow below).

Click-on several of the Shading Styles (Horizontal, Vertical, etc.) and observe the effects in the lower right in the Variants and Sample areas. Notice that there are four choices in the Variants area. As you click-on each of the individual "squares" the choice will appear in the Sample area. If you click on OK at any time, the Background you see in the Sample will be the background on the slide. You will return to the Background Menu screen when you click-on OK. You will see a miniature version of what your slide will look like in the lower right corner of the Background menu screen.

Note there are three color choices: One color, Two colors and Preset. If you click-on one of these, you will see the same color choices that you saw when you used them for text. So, have some fun and "click-away."

Also, note the tabs at the top. Click-on Texture and Pattern and observe the effects. In Texture you use the "elevator bar" to the right of the textures to see all the selections. You then click-on the Texture of your choice. In Patterns, you simply click-on the Pattern of your choice.

If you want your entire slide to have a picture as its Background, this is what the last tab is for. You need to click-on Select Picture. This will take you to the Windows "Open File" and then you can select a picture you have saved. The FrontPage 2000 tutorial goes into this in great detail. When you have the picture you like, click-on OK and then click-on Apply.