Create a Watermark in PowerPoint

Watermarks are small elements or images that are inserted into digital creations to help identify who’s the author, preventing plagiarism.

If you want to learn how to insert a watermark into your PowerPoint presentation, this tutorial will teach you in no time!

Adding a Watermark to a Slide

To add a watermark to a specific slide, follow these steps:

• Open your PowerPoint presentation.
• On the Insert tab, click Pictures. A new window will open, allowing you to locate the image you want to insert from your computer.

• After inserting the image, modify it to your liking. We recommend lowering its size and placing it somewhere far from the main elements so it doesn’t draw too much attention.

• Watermarks usually have some transparency to make them even less distracting. To adjust the transparency, select the image, go to the Picture Format tab, click Transparency, and choose an option from the list.

Adding a Watermark to all the Slides

If you want the watermark to appear on all slides, follow these steps:

• Open your PowerPoint presentation.

• On the View tab, click Slide Master.

• From the list of slides on the left, scroll up and select the first slide (the one at the top). This is the slide master, which acts as the parent slide. If you insert the image into this slide, it will appear in all slides.

• Once you’ve selected the slide master, on the Insert tab, click Pictures.

• Modify the image so that it resembles a watermark. It’s advisable to lower its size and place it closer to the edges of the slide.

• Just like before, watermarks should have some transparency. To modify the transparency of the image, select it, go to the Picture Format tab, click Transparency, and choose an option from the list.

• Once you are finished, close the master view by clicking Close Master View, located on the Slide Master tab.

• Finally, check your slides to ensure that the watermark appears in all of them.