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Applying a PowerPoint Theme


PowerPoint Theme is a way of applying different designs to the presentation. A theme (or design themes) includes a slide background graphic, color and font choices, and graphic effect settings.

Some themes are built into PowerPoint so that they are always available; other themes are available only when you use certain templates, or when you specifically apply them from an external file.

To apply a PowerPoint theme from the Gallery

  • Select the slide(s) that you wish to apply the theme.
  • On the Design tab, in the Themes group, if the theme you want appears, click it, and skip the rest of these steps.
  • If the theme you want does not appear, you will need to open the gallery by clicking on the More button (left to the Effects icon) in the Themes group.

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  • The Themes gallery opens as shown below. The gallery is divided into sections with the current presentation appear at the top; custom themes you have added appear next and Built-in themes appear at the bottom.
  • Click the theme you want to apply and it will show in the slide.

    To apply a theme from a theme or template file

  • Select the slide(s) that you wish to apply the theme.
  • On the Design tab, in the Themes group, click on the More button to open the Themes gallery.
  • From the Themes gallery dialog box, click Browse for Themes. The Choose Theme or Themed Document dialog box opens.
  • Browse to the folder containing the file and select it.
  • Click Apply.

    To apply a theme to a new presentation

  • From the Office button, click Open. The Open dialog box appears.
  • From the Open dialog box displayed, open the File Type list and choose Office Themes.
  • Navigate to the location containing the theme and select it. Custom themes are stored by default in:C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\Document Themes
  • Click Open.

    Note: For Windows XP, the default custom themes location is stored in:C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates\Document Themes

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