Launch Microsoft PowerPoint, and open the PPTX file for which you want to use a GIF as the background. Select the appropriate slide. Click the "Design" tab, and locate the "Background" section.

4. Highlight your chosen image and click Insert. 5. If you don’t like the selected image, click the Undo icon, press Ctrl+Z, or click Reset Background at the bottom of the Format Background submenu.

The plan is to add an image and we’re going to do that by clicking the button that says Insert. From here, locate the image you want and add it to your PowerPoint Slide right away. You can ...