Customize and save a theme in PowerPoint 2007
Author: mety Labels:: Customize and save a theme in PowerPoint 2007In Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, themes replace design templates (design template: A file that contains the styles in a presentation, including the type and size of bullets and fonts; placeholder sizes and positions; background design and fill color schemes; and a slide master and optional title master.) used in earlier versions. You can quickly and easily format an entire presentation to give it a professional and modern look by applying a theme. A theme is a set of formatting choices that include a set of theme colors (theme colors: A set of colors that is used in a file. Theme colors, theme fonts, and theme effects compose a theme.), a set of theme fonts (theme fonts: A set of major and minor fonts that is applied to a file. Theme fonts, theme colors, and theme effects compose a theme.) (including heading and body text fonts), and a set of theme effects (theme effects: A set of visual attributes that is applied to elements in a file. Theme effects, theme colors, and theme fonts compose a theme.) (including lines and fill effects). PowerPoint 2007 provides several predefined themes, but you can also create your own by customizing an existing theme and then saving it as a custom document theme. You can share PowerPoint themes with Word 2007, Excel 2007, and other Office programs to give your Office documents a uniform look. However, unlike Word and Excel, PowerPoint includes background style customization options. Customize a themeTo customize a theme, you start by changing the colors, the fonts, or the line and fill effects that are used. If you want to apply these changes to new presentation slides, you cansave them as a theme (.thmx).Customize theme colorsTheme colors contain four text and background colors, six accent colors, and two hyperlink colors. The colors in the Theme Colors button represent the current text and background colors, and the set of colors next to the Theme Colors name after you click the Theme Colors button represent the accent and hyperlink colors for that theme. When you change any of these colors to create your own set of theme colors, the colors in the Theme Colors button and next to the Theme Colors name change accordingly.
Customize theme fontsTheme fonts contain a heading font and a body text font. When you click the Theme Fonts button , you see the name of the heading and body text fonts used for each theme font below the Theme Fonts name. You can change both of these fonts to create your own set of theme fonts.
Select a set of theme effectsTheme effects are sets of lines and fill effects. When you click the Theme Effects button , you see the lines and fill effects used for each set of theme effects in the graphic displayed with the Theme Effects name. Although you cannot create your own set of theme effects, you can choose the one that you want to use in your own document theme.
Save a themeYou can save any changes that you make to the colors, fonts, or line and fill effects of a theme as a custom theme that you can apply to other documents or presentations.
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