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Inserting watermark in Powerpoint

I want to insert a picture as a transparent picture or a watermark - I don't mind which - as a sidebar on all my slides.  I can't even seem to make just the picture itself transparent, which would be enough.  When I insert it as background and make it transparent, it makes the whole slide transparent giving it a grey look.  It also inserts the picture in a very large size, and doesn't allow me to resize it .  I can't understand why I just can't make the picture itself transparent.  I'm working in Office 365.  Thanks.

You cannot set transparency on pictures in PPT. All is not lost though try this.

Insert a picture and set to the size you need.

Create a shape the same size as the picture

Cut the PICTURE 

Right Click the SHAPE > Format Shape >Fill

Choose Fill type Picture / Texture and then choose from Clipboard.

Set the transparency with the slider

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Yes, this wasn't working for me - it kept pulling the picture right across the page.  I ended up simply inserting individual shapes into the master and adjusting the transparency on just the shapes.  That gave me the result I wanted.   Thanks though.

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Glad you are sorted. For the record though it does work. If the image filled the slide it sounds like you didn't right click to select the shape.

http://screencast.com/t/uAO22wz3I

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