I've used some beautiful background images and added numbered translucent overlays with text to create this easily customized template. The addition of a few snazzy animations and transitions make this an easy and eye-catching way to highlight important information.
Marsha, I recently discovered how easy this is! I open a picture in Microsoft Publisher or PowerPoint. In the Picture Tools>Format ribbon, go to Color. At the bottom, there is an option to "Set Transparent Color". Once you choose that, you just click on the shape (or number) that you want to be transparent. It takes a second to do it's magic - but Viola! You have a transparent portion of an image! This is particularly helpful when you have vector images that are black on a white background, but you don't want the white background to show up.
Hope that helps!
Another option is to use the Merge Shapes function in the Drawing Tools ribbon! Here's what I did to recreate the effect:
1. Create a shape (ex. the white overlay)
2. Create a separate text box - this could also be another shape
3. Select both shapes* and go to Drawing Tools - Merge Shapes - Combine
*The order in which you select the shapes makes a difference. To get this effect I selected the overlay shape first and the text second before the Combine function.
Cheers!
This is beautiful! I always love your contributions, Trina. So glad I met you at the last DevLearn conference. I already had your name memorized. Keep 'em comin'.
Aw. Thank you, Lana! It always means the world to me when folks come up and introduce themselves at conferences. And now I feel like I'm giving you a little gift whenever I publish a new download!
Wow, I love this. Thanks for sharing! I was wondering how I could add further numbers. Excuse the ignorance, but how would I create a slide with a six on it?
Hi Heather! I'm so glad you'll make use of this download. I used Nicole's approach above ( https://community.articulate.com/download/powerpoint-13-5-things-to-know-template?page=1#comment-58987 ) to create my slides. You could easily create a #6 just by creating a translucent rectangle, adding a text box with the number 6 to it and then following the steps outlined above to essentially subtract that number from the translucent background. Here's a quick Peek video I threw together to show you how it works: https://360.articulate.com/review/content/dea2e32d-e2bf-48ba-b4a0-9dc3a2b47c03/review
Oh Trina, thanks so much for getting back to me about this, especially for taking the time to create the extremely helpful video. It is very much appreciated!
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