Add some pizzazz to your PowerPoint text

APowerPointpresentation is all about text and images on a slide.

Using a picture as a fill for text draws extra attention to a slide or an individual word.

Choose a fat font, such as Arial Black or Broadway, that has thick lines.

Highlighted text in a PowerPoint presentation

When you use a font with a thick line, more of your picture will show inside each letter.

go for the text on the slide.

Go toDrawing Tools Format.

WordArt Styles shown in a PowerPoint presentation

In theWordArt Stylesgroup, select theText Filldropdown arrow and choosePicture.

In PowerPoint 2019, your choices areFrom a File,Online Pictures, andFrom Icons.

To use a picture on your machine, selectFrom a File, choose the picture file, and selectInsert.

Text fill options in PowerPoint

The picture is inserted into the text on the slide.

Scroll through the results and choose an image.

Once you find the image you want, selectInsert.

Insert Pictures dialog in PowerPoint

Leave the filter toCreative Commons onlyto avoid using copyrighted images.

To insert a picture you’ve saved to OneDrive, selectOneDrive - Personal.

In PowerPoint 2019, chooseFrom a File.

Selecting a picture to insert from a file

Navigate through any folders within OneDrive to locate a picture.

when you land found a picture to use, choose it and selectInsert.

Searching for an image via Bing

Selecting a picture from Bing to insert

Searching for an image on OneDrive

Finding an image on your personal OneDrive