Using Shapes as Well as Re-Color Under Photo Tools To Solve An Old Problem…

Using Shapes as Well as Re-Color Under Photo Tools To Solve An Old Problem…




Scenario:  Attorney X asks us to prepare a slide and key in text over the slide. We loaded a photo into the slide as a whole.  We then used two clear rectangles with bullets to type in the text that sits over the photo.  When the attorney receives the slide and opens the PowerPoint, he is not happy with the visibility of the text over the photo.  Because the picture that we embedded in the slide had both dark areas and light areas, we have a problem surfacing.  

If we choose a light color for the text, then it gets lost in the light areas and the text only shows nicely in the darker portions of the picture on the slide and vice versa.  The attorney has has asked us to please fix this problem.  Depending on whether the photo is loaded into the slide itself or loaded into the shape that the text sits within, we will now go over a number of fixes.

Scenario 1:
This first method assumes that a photo was loaded into a rectangle that had bulleted text.  The text was sort of hard to read over the photo it was typed over.  The rectangle takes up the majority of the slide.

  1. To fix this first situation right click on the slide itself (not the rectangle), and under Format, fill the slide with a dark color such as a dark blue.
  2. Now right click on the shape that is filled with the photo and text and in the right panel under the “Paint Can,” use the “transparency feature” until your text starts to appear more pronounced.  Don’t worry, your photo will still be very much visible.

Scenario 2:
The second method assumes that the slide itself has a particular photo.  The shape with the photo and the text is placed on top of the slide itself.  Here is a second way to solve this problem.  

  1. Draw a rectangle directly over the shape containing the photo and text.  Change the color to blue or something a little dark.
  2. Right click on the newly created rectangle and “send back” “1 level.”
  3. Now right click on the rectangle containing the photo and text and select “Format”.  Again, use the transparency feature until the text shows through better. 
  4. This second method allows you to keep the photo that sits in the slide itself as well as still preserving the photo that sits under the text.

Scenario 3:
This third Situation Assumes that we loaded the photo into the actual slide and the text sits on top in two separate clear rectangle shapes using bullets.

  1.  The first thing we did was to right click on the slide portion (not the text boxes sitting on the slide) and go to Format Background.
  2. We then looked for “Transparency” and took it to 50%.  Now all of the text was showing clearly on the washed out version of the photo embedded into the slide.
  3. We then sent the slide back to the attorney.  He said you solved the text problem, “but I do not like the washed-out look.”  I want the photo at full strength.
  4. Okay, this time we right clicked on the slide portion (not the text boxes sitting on the slide) and went back to Format Background.
  5. We went to Picture, Picture Color and opened up recolor.  We now were looking at a variety of tinted colors to choose from for our slide photo.  
  6. We used a light red tint and we were using white text.  The tint evened out all areas of the photo.  The attorney liked what he saw and the problem was solved.  The tints under “Recolor” come in handy and produce a very clean look especially the grey tint and the grey/blue tint!
  7. Give it a try when you get a chance.  We went over a variety of scenarios which gives you choices and allows you to solve most scenarios.

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