Launch Microsoft PowerPoint, and open the PPTX file for which you want to use a GIF as the background. Select the appropriate slide. Click the "Design" tab, and locate the "Background" section.

How to Make a Cartoon With PowerPoint. "On Career Day in high school, you don't walk around looking for the cartoon guy," said Gary Larson, creator of the "Far Side" comic strip.

Here's how to use the "Format Background" feature to change your PowerPoint slide background. Check out the products mentioned in this article: Microsoft Office (From $149.99 at Best Buy) ...

We’ll create this cool moving background effect using only a few objects in PowerPoint. How to insert a video in Microsoft PowerPoint We’ll begin by inserting a video onto a blank slide.