Powerpoint background tips: How to customize the images, colors and borders You don't want to use the same old boring template everyone else uses in PowerPoint.

If one star in your Microsoft PowerPoint presentation is fun, then lots of stars might be exciting. See how easy it is to add multiple flashing stars in a PowerPoint slide.

Thanks to Microsoft PowerPoint’s sharp Merge Shapes feature, this technique requires only a small amount of setup: Insert the video for the slide’s background and check off a few settings.