How to Overlay Images in PowerPoint. Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 can be used to create complex presentations containing everything from text and images to videos, sounds and Flash animations.

You can make a picture transparent in your PowerPoint slides so that you can add text over it or use it as a background.

Learn how to create a Section Zoom and a Slide Zoom in PowerPoint. You can zoom in on a slide or picture during a presentation.

If you insert a lot of pictures into PowerPoint slides, you're going to love the new layout placeholders in PowerPoint 2007 and later.