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TobyDLockyer
Community Member
2 months ago

Background shape fill issue?

Hi All,

I thought I would ask the community before I log this as a glitch.

I have built my slide with several hexagon shapes set to background fill. In the design view it looks the way I want it. However, when I switch to preview the effect is broken?

In SL360In Preview and Review360

I am hoping that I have just missed a setting?

The only workaround I can think of is to merge shapes in Powerpoint and copy the hexagons in.

  • Hi TobyDLockyer,

    Sorry to hear that you ran into this snag. 

    We are currently monitoring a known issue that causes shapes that use the "Slide Background Fill" setting to use the background from the original shape if they were copied/duplicated. 

    You can add the hexagon shapes one at a time instead of copying as a workaround, and the effect should work.

    We'll let you know when we have updates on the bug!

    • TobyDLockyer's avatar
      TobyDLockyer
      Community Member

      That is awesome thank you for coming back to me so quickly. I will give that a go and see what happens!