In this post, however, we will learn how to customize and format the background of a PowerPoint slide. The default background color of the PowerPoint slide is white.

If the hyperlink opens a Web page, you can't change its color this way. The hyperlink will remain blue – PowerPoint's default color for links – which may clash with the text box's background ...

You can change and set the background color for all of your Office 2007 materials, and all of Office's background-changing processes are similar across the entire platform of programs.

Or, you can fill the background by inserting a picture, which you can make transparent or opaque. You can choose to change your template's background to a picture. Marissa Perino/Business Insider 6.