- MS Powerpoint 2010 Basics
- PPT - Home
- PPT - Getting Started
- PPT - Explore Windows
- PPT - Backstage View
- PPT - Create Presentation
- PPT - Add New Slides
- PPT - Adding Text in Boxes
- PPT - Adding New Text Boxes
- PPT - Deleting Existing Slide
- PPT - Rearranging Slides
- PPT - Adding Slide Notes
- PPT - Managing Sections
- PPT - Working with Outlines
- PPT - Powerpoint Sidebar
- PPT - Presentation Views
- PPT - Setting Backgrounds
- PPT - Slide Orientations
- PPT - Saving Presentation
- PPT - Review Presentation
- PPT - Adding Slide Numbers
- PPT - Adding Header & Footer
- PPT - Running Slide Show
- PPT - Keyboard Shortcuts
- PPT - Get Context Help
- Editing Presentation
- PPT - Copy & Paste Content
- PPT - Find & Replace Content
- PPT - Undo Edited Changes
- PPT - Spelling Check
- PPT - Content Translation
- PPT - Setting Language Type
- PPT - Duplicating Content
- PPT - Special Characters
- PPT - Slides Zoom In-Out
- Formatting Presentation
- PPT - Font Management
- PPT - Setting Text Fonts
- PPT - Text Decoration
- PPT - Change Text Case
- PPT - Change Text Size
- PPT - Change Text Color
- PPT - Text Alignments
- PPT - Indent Paragraphs
- PPT - Set Line Spacing
- Borders and Shades
- PPT - Apply Formatting
- PPT - Using Slide Master
- PPT - Save Design Template
- Working with Multimedia
- PPT - Add Pictures to Slide
- PPT - Editing Added Pictures
- PPT - Format Added Pictures
- PPT - Inserting a Screenshot
- PPT - Adding Shapes to Slide
- PPT - Editing Added Shapes
- PPT - Format Added Shapes
- PPT - Adding Text to Shapes
- PPT - Arrange Shapes/Images
- PPT - Group/Ungroup Objects
- PPT - Adding Audio & Video
- PPT - Add & Format Tables
- PPT - Add & Format Charts
- PPT - Add & Format SmartArt
- PPT - Add & Preview Animations
- PPT - Add & Preview Transitions
- Sharing Presentation
- PPT - Create a PDF File
- PPT - Create a Video File
- PPT - Create Image File
- PPT - Printing Presentation
- PPT - Broadcast Slide Show
- PPT - Packaging Presentation
- PPT - Setting Document Password
- PPT - Email Slide Show
- MS Powerpoint Useful Resources
- PPT - Quick Guide
- PPT - Useful Resources
- PPT - Discussion
Borders and Shades in Powerpoint 2010
One can change the borders and shading for most of the content in PowerPoint 2010. Let’s see how it is done
Applying Borders
The following are the steps that will help you apply borders in your presentation.
Step 1 − Select the object (text box, image, chart, picture, etc.) to which you want to apply the border.
Step 2 − Go to the Drawing group under the Home ribbon.
Step 3 − Click on the Shape Outline to choose the border settings.
Step 4 − Use the color palette to choose the border color. You can choose More Outline Colors to get access to additional color choices
Step 5 − Use the Weight dropdown to define the thickness of the border.
Step 6 − Use the Dashes option to define the border style.
Applying Shades
The following steps will help you apply shades to your presentation.
Step 1 − Select the object (text box, shape, chart, etc.) to which you want to apply the shades.
Step 2 − Go to the Drawing group under the Home ribbon.
Step 3 − Click on the Shape Fill to choose the shade settings.
Step 4 − Use the color palette to choose the shade color. You can choose More Outline Colors to get access to a choice of colors.
Step 5 − Use the Picture to add a picture as the background rather than a color.
Step 6 − Use the Gradient option to add color gradient in the background. You can use the pre-defined gradients or click on "More Gradients…" to customize the shading with gradient colors.
Step 7 − Use the Texture option to add a pre-defined texture instead of a color shade.