Slide Border

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BuddyB

I've simply chosen black as the background color for my slides. However,
when I chose background and black it gives me a white outline. I do not want
the outline, and can't find a fix. Can anyone give me a clue.
Thanks,
BuddyB
 
Did you use Format > Background or did you use another method to set the
background color?
 
BuddyB said:
I've simply chosen black as the background color for my slides. However,
when I chose background and black it gives me a white outline. I do not want
the outline, and can't find a fix. Can anyone give me a clue.
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What gives you a white outline when, Buddy? Do you mean when you print one
slide/page?
 
I used format, and the little requester jumped up with the colors. I chose
solid black, but somehow a template is also selected and I can't figure out
how to deselect. All I want is black background. I made an error. What I
should have said is, I have a thin white border around the photos that I
don't want, and can't figure how to get rid of them. The pics were finished
out in Photoshop and they don't have any borders. It appears that PPT
encapsulates around the photo with the thin white border. What makes it even
worse is that the border is on three sides; the two sides and top. The
bottom has no border. I tried adjusting the monitor thinking that might be
the problem, but nothing helps.
BuddyB
 
Echo,
Read the above reply. It should cover my problem. The border is around the
photos when I run a slide show. It also shows up in slide sorter view.
BuddyB
 
Select one of the pictures, and then check the paintbrush-looking icon on
the Drawing toolbar. Do you have a line applied to the photo, perhaps? That
would give you a border.

Also check the Shadows icon on the same toolbar. You may have a shadow on
the photos.
 
Echo
I did look at the Format Painter, selected a photo and all it did was
reformat everything behind it to the same black background, which is alright
because it changed nothing. I then opened the Shadow icon and nothing has a
shadow on it. This is a very thin white line; looking like a default thingy
when using a solid black background in PPT. This is in PPT 2002.
Thanks, BuddyB

Echo S said:
Select one of the pictures, and then check the paintbrush-looking icon on
the Drawing toolbar. Do you have a line applied to the photo, perhaps? That
would give you a border.

Also check the Shadows icon on the same toolbar. You may have a shadow on
the photos.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

BuddyB said:
I used format, and the little requester jumped up with the colors. I chose
solid black, but somehow a template is also selected and I can't figure out
how to deselect. All I want is black background. I made an error. What I
should have said is, I have a thin white border around the photos that I
don't want, and can't figure how to get rid of them. The pics were finished
out in Photoshop and they don't have any borders. It appears that PPT
encapsulates around the photo with the thin white border. What makes it even
worse is that the border is on three sides; the two sides and top. The
bottom has no border. I tried adjusting the monitor thinking that might be
the problem, but nothing helps.
BuddyB
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Hello,

It sounds like there's a object on the Slide Master which might be causing
the white line to appear.

If you apply the Blank design to your presentation (to remove all objects
from the Slide Master background) and then change the color scheme for the
presentation to one which has a black background color (the Blank design
should already include a color scheme like this), does this remove the
white border.

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Microsoft Corporation
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Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
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