Transparent Background on images imported to powerpoint

I am trying to import a photoshop image into a powerpoint presentation but it looks like a box with the image inside the box. The box is the color of the background in the image file. I would like to know what I would do to import the file so only the image in the file is seen with the background color eliminated. Thanks!!!
Dan

Look at Save for Web. You can choose from jpg, gif and png file formats. The latter two can support transparency and as Bob says, png would be the one for PowerPoint.

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