Add gradient fills to shapes in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac. PowerPoint allows you to quickly add such blended fills between colors.
Author: Geetesh Bajaj
Product/Version: PowerPoint 2016 for Mac
OS: Mac OS X
Gradient fills are typically blended fills between two or more colors that graduate from one color to another. Although shapes filled with gradients look so incredible, make sure you choose the colors that form the gradient very carefully. PowePoint"s basic gradients are all very useable since they just blend a Theme color with white or black, making the resultant gradient lighter or darker, as shown in Figure 1, below.
Figure 1: Basic gradient fills for shapes
These lighter or darker gradients work well all the time. However when you start customizing your gradients, you could end up with gaudy gradients that make your slides look bad and also affect readability of any text within your shape. We look at custom gradients within our More Gradients in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac tutorial.
Scroll down this page to see a sample presentation that contains shapes with gradient fills. Then follow these steps to change or apply a basic gradient fill to a shape PowerPoint 2016 for Mac:
Sample Presentation of Gradient Fill in Shape:
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See Also:
Fills for Shapes: Add Gradient Fills to Shapes (Glossary Page)
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Add Gradient Fills to Shapes in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows
Add Gradient Fills to Shapes in PowerPoint 2007 for Windows
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