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Hi,
when I went to the developer tab in the ribbon of PowerPoint, I insert a textbox, right-click, properties, change BackStyle to Transparent.
displays transparent textbox in edit mode, but when I go to slideshow, it gives me the opaque one.
how do I get a transparent one?
thanks in advance,
RegeditDude
A family of Microsoft presentation graphics products that offer tools for creating presentations and adding graphic effects like multimedia objects and special effects with text.
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There's no way to do this. Tranparent ActivX objects ONLY work on userforms in show mode. You might be able to match the colour to your slide background.