Once you have this option however, you are ready for the next step. The only time you'll get this option is if you right click somewhere in the text box, on the text itself. Instead, we want to see 'Format Text Effects'. This is important to note because these are NOT the options we want to see. Notice how it gives you 'Size and Position' followed by 'Format Shape'. Next, right click on the box and simply note the options given if you are simply selecting the box as a whole: Start by adding a text box and writing whatever message you'd like in it. Text boxes are deceptive when you have them in Microsoft Word, you can't change the transparency of the text, so for these, we'll actually be working in Microsoft PowerPoint. Next, we'll take a look at the same principle applied to images.

Today we'll be looking at using Text formatting to make semi-transparent text (which can then be used as watermarks on your documents or just really fun effects in PowerPoint).

Have you ever wondered 'how come I can't make images semi-transparent anymore with Microsoft Office?' Although I can't tell you why you can't make simple, semi-transparent images anymore in PowerPoint, I can tell you how to get around that.

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