A cool trick in PowerPoint.

1. PowerPoint Magic

2. How do you create this effect in PowerPoint?

3. Step – 1 Make a Picture as your slide background This picture is on your hard disk Right click on the slide -> Format Background -> Fill -> Picture or Texture Fill -> Insert from File -> Go to the folder and choose your picture

4. This is how your slide will look like

5. Step – 2 Cover the entire slide with white colour Insert -> Shapes -> Rectangles -> Draw the rectangle such that you cover the entire slide. Right click on the rectangle -> Format Shape -> Solid fill colour white

6. Step – 3 Insert a Picture of Magnifying Glass Insert -> Picture -> Choose the picture from the folder where it is saved

7. Step – 4 Insert a circle to fit the lens Insert -> Shapes -> Circle. Draw a circle. Right click on it to remove line colour. Adjust the circle so that it fits the lens.

8. Step – 5 Insert background image onto the circle Right click on Blue circle (our lens) -> Format Shape -> Fill -> Slide Background Fill. The lens will be filled by the image we had used for the background.

9. Step – 6 Group the Picture with the Lens Select Picture & Lens -> Right click -> Group -> Group

10. Place the Glass & Lens Image wherever you desire. By placing the lens at different places, you will see different parts of the background image.

11. Isn’t it PowerPoint Magic! www.allaboutpresentations.com Image credits: (1) Magnifying Glass; Suat Eman(2) Crime Scene; Simon Houden