
Next, you can change the Slide Layout to Blank by selecting the Home tab | Layout | Blank option. Here, select the Blank Presentation to open a blank presentation with a new slide. Alternatively, if you want to start from scratch, launch PowerPoint.Open your presentation and select the shape that you want to change or apply the fill to.Then follow these steps to change or apply a picture fill to a shape: Scroll down this page to see a sample presentation that contains shapes with picture fills.

Any shape on your slide in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac can be provided with a picture fill in the same way as you add or change solid fills or gradient fills. Do remember that using a detailed or crowded picture as a fill for a small shape will get you no awards for slide design! It is best to use pictures that have one focused object or are subtle in nature for this purpose.

Picture fills may appear convincing or confusing depending upon the type of picture you use for the fill.
