Shape Fills: Add Picture Fills to Shapes in PowerPoint

Created: Monday, April 30, 2012, posted by Geetesh at 11:12 am

Updated: Monday, October 17, 2022 at 4:20 pm

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PowerPoint provides many types of fills for shapes, slide backgrounds, and even charts and tables. Picture fills may appear convincing or confusing depending upon the type of picture you use for the fill. Do remember that using a detailed or crowded picture as a fill for a small shape will get you no awards for slide design! It is best to use pictures that have one focused object or are subtle in nature for this purpose. Any shape on your slide in PowerPoint can be provided with a picture fill in the same way as you add or change solid fills or gradient fills.

To learn more, choose your version of PowerPoint. If we do not have a tutorial for your version of PowerPoint, explore the version closest to the one you use.

Microsoft Windows

Add Picture Fills to Shapes in PowerPoint 2016

Add Picture Fills to Shapes in PowerPoint 2013

Add Picture Fills to Shapes in PowerPoint 2010

Add Picture Fills to Shapes in PowerPoint 2007

Add Picture Fills to AutoShapes in PowerPoint 2002 and 2003

Apple Mac

Add Picture Fills to Shapes in PowerPoint 2016

Add Picture Fills to Shapes in PowerPoint 2011

Shape Fills: Picture in PowerPoint

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