I am very happy to have made it to PPT Live this year with the crazy project schedule and it being on the other side of the country I feared I would miss out on this great event. But I am in Atlanta and looking forward to the next few days!
Just for fun I quickly created this slide using the great, but often overlooked, feature of picture fills for text.
![](https://thepowerpointblog.com/media/blogs/all/09_Oct/PPTlive_09_2.jpg)
The visuals are great, easy to do, and fast. The word “Atlanta” is made of a skyline shot of downtown Atlanta (at night). Even better is this is just one text box with different style treatments applied to text selectively!
![](https://thepowerpointblog.com/media/blogs/all/09_Oct/PPTlive_09_3.jpg)
To fill text with an image, SELECT text >> FORMAT >> open FORMAT TEXT EFFECTS dialog >> TEXT FILL tab >> select PICTURE OR TEXTURE FILL >> FILE and select image.
![](https://thepowerpointblog.com/media/blogs/all/09_Oct/PPTlive_09_1.jpg)
– Troy @ TLC