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_Slide.Background Property

Returns a ShapeRange object that represents the slide background.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint (in Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Background As ShapeRange
    Get
'Usage
Dim instance As _Slide
Dim value As ShapeRange

value = instance.Background
ShapeRange Background { get; }

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint.ShapeRange
ShapeRange

Remarks

If you use the Background property to set the background for an individual slide without changing the slide master, the FollowMasterBackground property for that slide must be set to False.

Examples

This example sets the background of the slide master in the active presentation to a preset shade.

ActivePresentation.SlideMaster.Background.Fill.PresetGradient _

    Style:=msoGradientHorizontal, Variant:=1, _

    PresetGradientType:=msoGradientLateSunset

This example sets the background of slide one in the active presentation to a preset shade.

With ActivePresentation.Slides(1)

    .FollowMasterBackground = False

    .Background.Fill.PresetGradient Style:=msoGradientHorizontal, _

        Variant:=1, PresetGradientType:=msoGradientLateSunset

End With

See Also

Reference

_Slide Interface

_Slide Members

Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint Namespace