Add a fill or effect to a text box in Office 2007

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You can change the look of your text box (text box: A movable, resizable container for text or graphics. Use text boxes to position several blocks of text on a page or to give text a different orientation from other text in the document.) by changing its fill or by adding effects to it, such as shadows, glows, reflections, soft edges, bevels, and three-dimensional (3-D) rotations.

A fill is the interior of a text box. When you change the fill color of a text box, you can also add a texture, picture, or gradient to the fill. A gradient is a gradual progression of colors and shades, usually from one color to another color, or from one shade to another shade of the same color.
SmartArt graphic with solid fill and gradient fill shapes
Changing the fill color of a text box affects only the inside or back of the text box. If you add another effect, such as a shadow, and want a different color for that effect, you must change the color of the shadow separately.
A 3-D effect adds depth to a text box. You can add a built-in combination of 3-D effects to your text box, or you can add individual effects. You can also add combinations of individual effects to your text box in these 2007 Microsoft Office system programs: Excel, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint.

Add or change a text box fill

Excel

  1. Click the text box that you want to add a fill to. To add the same fill to multiple text boxes, click the first text box, and then press and hold SHIFT while you click the other text boxes.
  2. Under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click Shape Fill, and then do one of the following: Drawing Tools Format tab image

Outlook

  1. Click the text box that you want to add a fill to. To add the same fill to multiple text boxes, click the first text box, and then press and hold SHIFT while you click the other text boxes.
  2. Under Text Box Tools, on the Format tab, in the Text Box Styles group, click Shape Fill, and then do one of the following: Text Box Tools Format tab image

PowerPoint

  1. Click the text box that you want to add a fill to. To add the same fill to multiple text boxes, click the first text box, and then press and hold SHIFT while you click the other text boxes.
  2. Under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click Shape Fill, and then do one of the following: Drawing Tools Format tab image

Word

  1. Click the text box that you want to add a fill to. To add the same fill to multiple text boxes, click the first text box, and then press and hold SHIFT while you click the other text boxes.
  2. Under Text Box Tools, on the Format tab, in the Text Box Styles group, click Shape Fill, and then do one of the following: Text Box Tools Format tab image

Add or change a text box effect

Excel

  1. Click the text box that you want to add an effect to. To add the same effect to multiple text boxes, click the first text box, and then press and hold SHIFT while you click the other text boxes.
  2. Under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click Shape Effects, and then do one of the following: Drawing Tools Format tab image
    • To add or change a built-in combination of effects, point to Preset, and then click the effect that you want. To customize the built-in effect, click 3-D Options, and then choose the options that you want.
    • To add or change a shadow, point to Shadow, and then click the shadow that you want. To customize the shadow, click Shadow Options, and then choose the options that you want.
    • To add or change a reflection, point to Reflection, and then click the reflection variation that you want.
    • To add or change a glow, point to Glow, and then click the glow variation that you want. To customize the glow colors, click More Glow Colors, and then choose the color that you want. To change to a color that is not in the theme colors (theme colors: A set of colors that is used in a file. Theme colors, theme fonts, and theme effects compose a theme.), click More Colors, and then either click the color that you want on the Standard tab, or mix your own color on the Custom tab. Custom colors and colors on the Standard tab do not update if you later change the document theme (theme: A combination of theme colors, theme fonts, and theme effects. A theme may be applied to a file as a single selection.).
    • To add or change a soft edge, point to Soft Edges, and then click the size of the edge that you want.
    • To add or change an edge, point to Bevel, and then click the bevel that you want. To customize the bevel, click 3-D Options, and then choose the options that you want.
    • To add or change a 3-D rotation, point to 3-D Rotation, and then click the rotation that you want. To customize the rotation, click 3-D Rotation Options, and then choose the options that you want.
Notes
  • To create a custom effect by adding multiple individual effects, repeat step two above.
  • If you add a 3-D effect, such as a bevel or 3-D rotation, to the text box and then add a soft edge, you will not see any visual change to the text box because the 3-D effect takes precedence. However, if you delete the 3-D effect, the soft edge effect is visible.

Outlook

  1. Click the text box that you want to add an effect to. To add the same effect to multiple text boxes, click the first text box, and then press and hold SHIFT while you click the other text boxes.
  2. Under Text Box Tools, on the Format tab, do one of the following: Text Box Tools Format tab image

PowerPoint

  1. Click the text box that you want to add an effect to. To add the same effect to multiple text boxes, click the first text box, and then press and hold SHIFT while you click the other text boxes.
  2. Under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click Shape Effects, and then do one of the following: Drawing Tools Format tab image
    • To add or change a built-in combination of effects, point to Preset, and then click the effect that you want. To customize the built-in effect, click 3-D Options, and then choose the options that you want.
    • To add or change a shadow, point to Shadow, and then click the shadow that you want. To customize the shadow, click Shadow Options, and then choose the options that you want.
    • To add or change a reflection, point to Reflection, and then click the reflection variation that you want.
    • To add or change a glow, point to Glow, and then click the glow variation that you want. To customize the glow colors, click More Glow Colors, and then choose the color that you want. To change to a color that is not in the theme colors (theme colors: A set of colors that is used in a file. Theme colors, theme fonts, and theme effects compose a theme.), click More Colors, and then either click the color that you want on the Standard tab, or mix your own color on the Custom tab. Custom colors and colors on the Standard tab do not update if you later change the document theme (theme: A combination of theme colors, theme fonts, and theme effects. A theme may be applied to a file as a single selection.).
    • To add or change a soft edge, point to Soft Edges, and then click the size of the edge that you want.
    • To add or change an edge, point to Bevel, and then click the bevel that you want. To customize the bevel, click 3-D Options, and then choose the options that you want.
    • To add or change a 3-D rotation, point to 3-D Rotation, and then click the rotation that you want. To customize the rotation, click 3-D Rotation Options, and then choose the options that you want.
Notes
  • To create a custom effect by adding multiple individual effects, repeat step two above.
  • If you add a 3-D effect, such as a bevel or 3-D rotation, to the text box and then add a soft edge, you will not see any visual change to the text box because the 3-D effect takes precedence. However, if you delete the 3-D effect, the soft edge effect is visible.

Word

  1. Click the text box that you want to add an effect to. To add the same effect to multiple text boxes, click the first text box, and then press and hold SHIFT while you click the other text boxes.
  2. Under Text Box Tools, on the Format tab, do one of the following: Text Box Tools Format tab image

Delete a text box fill

Excel

  1. Click the text box that you want to delete a fill from. To delete the same fill from multiple text boxes, click the first text box, and then press and hold SHIFT while you click the other text boxes.
  2. Under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click Shape Fill, and then click No Fill. Shape Styles group image

Outlook

  1. Click the text box that you want to delete a fill from. To delete the same fill from multiple text boxes, click the first text box, and then press and hold SHIFT while you click the other text boxes.
  2. Under Text Box Tools, on the Format tab, in the Text Box Styles group, click Shape Fill, and then click No Fill. text box stylesText Box Styles group

PowerPoint

  1. Click the text box that you want to delete a fill from. To delete the same fill from multiple text boxes, click the first text box, and then press and hold SHIFT while you click the other text boxes.
  2. Under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click Shape Fill, and then click No Fill. Shape Styles group

Word

  1. Click the text box that you want to delete a fill from. To delete the same fill from multiple text boxes, click the first text box, and then press and hold SHIFT while you click the other text boxes.
  2. Under Text Box Tools, on the Format tab, in the Text Box Styles group, click Shape Fill, and then click No Fill. text box stylesText Box Styles group

Delete a text box effect

  1. Click the text box that you want to delete the effect from. To delete the same effect from multiple text boxes, click the first text box, and then press and hold SHIFT while you click the other text boxes.
  2. Under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click Shape Effects, and then do one of the following: Shape Styles group image
    • To delete a built-in combination of effects from the text box, point to Preset, and then click No Presets.
    • To delete a shadow from the text box, point to Shadow, and then click No Shadow.
    • To delete a reflection from the text box, point to Reflection, and then click No Reflection.
    • To delete a glow from the text box, point to Glow, and then click No Glow.
    • To delete soft edges from the text box, point to Soft Edges, and then click No Soft Edges.
    • To delete an edge from the text box, point to Bevel, and then click No Bevel.
    • To delete 3-D rotation from the text box, point to 3-D Rotation, and then click No Rotation.
Note To delete multiple individual effects, repeat step two above.

Outlook

  1. Click the text box that you want to delete the effect from. To delete the same effect from multiple text boxes, click the first text box, and then press and hold SHIFT while you click the other text boxes.
  2. Under Text Box Tools, on the Format tab, do one of the following: Text Box Tools, Format tab, Effects buttons
    • To delete a shadow, in the Shadow Effects group, click Shadow Effects, and then click No Shadow Effect.
    • To delete a 3-D effect, in the 3-D Effects group, click 3-D Effects, and then click No 3-D Effect.
Note If you do not see the Drawing Tools, Text Box Tools, or Format tabs, make sure that you clicked the text box.

PowerPoint

  1. Click the text box that you want to delete the effect from. To delete the same effect from multiple text boxes, click the first text box, and then press and hold SHIFT while you click the other text boxes.
  2. Under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click Shape Effects, and then do one of the following: Shape Styles group
    • To delete a built-in combination of effects from the text box, point to Preset, and then click No Presets.
    • To delete a shadow from the text box, point to Shadow, and then click No Shadow.
    • To delete a reflection from the text box, point to Reflection, and then click No Reflection.
    • To delete a glow from the text box, point to Glow, and then click No Glow.
    • To delete soft edges from the text box, point to Soft Edges, and then click No Soft Edges.
    • To delete an edge from the text box, point to Bevel, and then click No Bevel.
    • To delete 3-D rotation from the text box, point to 3-D Rotation, and then click No Rotation.
Note To delete multiple individual effects, repeat step two above.

Word

  1. Click the text box that you want to delete the effect from. To delete the same effect from multiple text boxes, click the first text box, and then press and hold SHIFT while you click the other text boxes.
  2. Under Text Box Tools, on the Format tab, do one of the following: Text Box Tools, Format tab, Effects buttons
    • To delete a shadow, in the Shadow Effects group, click Shadow Effects, and then click No Shadow Effect.
    • To delete a 3-D effect, in the 3-D Effects group, click 3-D Effects, and then click No 3-D Effect.
Note If you do not see the Drawing Tools, Text Box Tools, or Format tabs, make sure that you clicked the text box

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Change or remove an animation effect in PowerPoint 2007

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A variety of timing options help to ensure that your animation flows smoothly and looks professional. You can set options for start times (including delays), speed, duration, looping (repeating), and automatic rewind.

Set options for start times

  1. Click the text or object that contains the animation for which you want to specify start options.
  2. On the Animations tab, in the Animations group, click Custom Animation.
  3. In the Custom Animation list, right-click the animation effect, and then do one of the following:
    • To start the animation effect when you click the slide, select Start On Click.
    • To start the animation effect at the same time as the previous effect in the list (that is, one click executes two animation effects), select Start With Previous.
    • To start the animation effect immediately after the previous effect in the list finishes playing (that is, you do not have to click again to make the next animation effect start), select Start After Previous. If this is the first animation effect on the slide, it will be marked as "0" and will start as soon as the slide appears in the presentation
    • To replay or repeat the custom animations that you apply to a given object, select Timing, and then on the Timing tab, select an option in the Repeat list.

Set a delay or other timing option

  1. Click the text or object that contains the animation effect that you want to set a delay or other timing option for.
  2. On the Animations tab, in the Animations group, click Custom Animation.
  3. In the Custom Animation list, right-click the animation effect, select Timing, click the Timing tab, and then do one or more of the following:
    • To create a delay between the end of one animation effect and the start of a new animation effect, enter a number in the Delay box.
    • To set the speed with which the new animation effect plays, select an option in the Speed list.
    • To repeat an animation effect, select an option in the Repeat list.
    • To automatically return an animation effect to its original look and location after it plays, select the Rewind when done playing check box. For example, after the fly out exit effect plays, the item reappears on the slide in its original location.

Change or remove sound applied to an animation effect

  1. On the Animation tab, in the Animations group, click Custom Animation.
  2. Click the text or object that contains the sound that you want to change or delete.
  3. In the Custom Animation list, right-click the associated animation effect, and then click Effect Options.
  4. On the Effect tab, under Enhancements, click the arrow next to Sound, and then do one of the following:
    • To change the sound, click a new sound effect.
    • To remove a sound effect, click [No Sound].

Remove one or more animation effects from your presentation

  1. On the Animation tab, in the Animations group, click Custom Animation.
  2. In the slide window, click the text or object with one or more animation effects applied to it that you want to remove.
  3. In the Custom Animation list, click an animation effect, and then click Remove. To select more than one animation effect applied to a single instance of text or an object, press and hold CTRL while you click each animation effect that you want to remove.


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Add transitions between slides in PowerPoint 2007

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Slide transitions are the animation-like effects that occur in Slide Show view when you move from one slide to the next during an on-screen presentation. You can control the speed of each slide transition effect, and you can also add sound

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 includes many different types of slide transitions, including (but not limited to) the following:
Slide transitions
Callout 1 No transition
Callout 2 Blinds Horizontal
Callout 3 Blinds Vertical
Callout 4 Box In
Callout 5 Box Out
Callout 6Checkerboard Across
Callout 7Checkerboard Down
Callout 8Comb Horizontal
Callout 9Comb Vertical
To see more transition effects, in the Quick Styles list, click the More button Button image, as shown in the diagram above.

Add the same slide transition to all of the slides in your presentation

  1. On the left side of the slide window, in the pane that contains the Outline and Slides tabs, click the Slides tab.
  2. Select the slide thumbnails of the slides that you want to apply slide transitions to.
  3. On the Animations tab, in the Transition To This Slide group, click a slide transition effect. To see more transition effects, in the Quick Styles list, click the More button Button image.
  4. To set the slide transition speed between the current slide and the next slide, in the Transition To This Slide group, click the arrow next to Transition Speed, and then select the speed that you want.
  5. In the Transition To This Slide group, click Apply to All.

Add different slide transitions to the slides in your presentation

  1. On the left side of the slide window, in the pane that contains the Outline and Slides tabs, click the Slides tab, and then click a slide thumbnail.
  2. On the Animations tab, in the Transition To This Slide group, click the slide transition effect that you want for that slide. To see more transition effects in the Quick Styles list, click the More button Button image.
  3. To set the slide transition speed between the current slide and the next slide, in the Transition To This Slide group, click the arrow next to Transition Speed, and then select the speed that you want.
  4. To add a different slide transition to another slide in your presentation, repeat steps 2 through 4.

Add sound to slide transitions

  1. On the left side of the slide window, in the pane that contains the Outline and Slides tabs, click the Slides tab, and then select the slide thumbnails that you want to add a sound to.
  2. On the Animations tab, in the Transition To This Slide group, click the arrow next to Transition Sound, and then do one of the following:
    • To add a sound from the list, select the sound that you want.
    • To add a sound not found on the list, select Other Sound, locate the sound file that you want to add, and then click OK.
  3. To add sound to a different slide transition, repeat steps 2 and 3.


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background picture, color, or watermark in PowerPoint 2007

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You can insert a picture, including clip art (clip art: A single piece of ready-made art, often appearing as a bitmap or a combination of drawn shapes.), behind your entire slide as a background or behind part of your slide as a watermark (watermark: A semi-transparent image often used for letters and business cards. In currency, a watermark is visible when you hold a bill up to the light.). You can also insert a color behind your slide as a background. By adding a picture as a background or watermark to one or all of your slides, you can make your Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 presentation unique or clearly identify your presentation sponsor. You can lighten your picture, clip art, or color so that it does not interfere with the content of your slide. You can also use a text box (text box: A movable, resizable container for text or graphics. Use text boxes to position several blocks of text on a page or to give text a different orientation from other text in the document.) or WordArt (WordArt: Text objects you create with ready-made effects to which you can apply additional formatting options.) to make a text watermark.
Watermarks are flexible because you can change their sizes and their positions on a slide. You can apply a background or a watermark to some or all of the slides in your presentation.
Background and watermark

Use a picture as a slide background

  1. Click the slide that you want to add a background picture to. To select multiple slides, click a slide, and then press and hold CTRL while you click the other slides.
  2. On the Design tab, in the Background group, click Background Styles, and then click Format Background. Design tab
  3. Click Fill, and then click Picture or texture fill.
  4. Do one of the following: Tip To adjust a picture's relative lightness (brightness) or the difference between its darkest and lightest areas (contrast), in the Format Background dialog box, click the Picture pane, and then choose the options that you want.
  5. Do one of the following:
    • To use the picture as a background for the slides that you selected, click Close.
    • To use the picture as a background for all of the slides in your presentation, click Apply to All.

Use a color as a slide background

  1. Click the slide that you want to add a background color to. To select multiple slides, click a slide, and then press and hold CTRL while you click the other slides.
  2. On the Design tab, in the Background group, click Background Styles, and then click Format Background. Design tab
  3. Click Fill, and then click Solid Fill.
  4. Click ColorButton image, and then click the color that you want. To change to a color that is not in the theme colors (theme colors: A set of colors that is used in a file. Theme colors, theme fonts, and theme effects compose a theme.), click More Colors, and then either click the color that you want on the Standard tab, or mix your own color on the Custom tab. Custom colors and colors on the Standard tab are not updated if you later change the document theme (theme: A combination of theme colors, theme fonts, and theme effects. A theme may be applied to a file as a single selection.).
  5. To change the background transparency (transparency: The quality that defines how much light passes through an object's pixels. If an object is 100 percent transparent, light passes through it completely and renders the object invisible; in other words, you can see through the object.), move the Transparency slider. You can vary the percentage of transparency from 0% (fully opaque, the default setting) to 100% (fully transparent).
  6. Do one of the following:
    • To apply the color to the slides that you selected, click Close.
    • To apply the color to all of the slides in your presentation, click Apply to All.

Use a picture as a watermark

  1. Click the slide that you want to add a watermark (watermark: A semi-transparent image often used for letters and business cards. In currency, a watermark is visible when you hold a bill up to the light.) to. To add a watermark to all of the slides in a blank presentation, on the View tab, in the Presentations Views group, click Slide Master.
    Presentation Views group on View tab
    Note If your completed presentation contains one or more master (master: A slide view or page on which you define formatting for all slides or pages in your presentation. Each presentation has a master for each key component: slides, title slides, speaker's notes, and audience handouts.) slides, you might not want to apply the background to the master slides and risk unwanted changes to your presentation. The safe alternative is to add the background to one slide at a time.


  2. On the Insert tab, in the Illustrations group, do one of the following. Illustrations group on Insert tab
  3. To adjust the size of the picture or clip art, right-click the picture or clip art on the slide, and then click Size and Position on the shortcut menu.
  4. On the Size tab, under Scale, increase or decrease the settings in the Height and Width boxes. To maintain proportional height and width of the picture or clip art when scaling, select the Lock aspect ratio check box.
    To center your picture or clip art on the slide, select the Scale relative to original picture size check box.
  5. To move the picture or clip art on the slide, click the Position tab, and then enter the settings for the positions that you want in the Horizontal and Vertical boxes.
  6. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Recolor, and then under Light Variations, click the color fade that you want. Picture Tools Format tab
    If you do not see the Picture Tools or Format tabs, make sure that you selected a picture.
  7. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Brightness, and then click the brightness percentage that you want. Watermark
    At this point, you can drag the watermark anywhere on the background of slides that already contain text, or you can add text to one or more slides and then drag the watermark onto the backgrounds of the slides.
    Send to back
  8. When you finish editing and positioning the watermark and are satisfied with its appearance, to send the watermark to the back of the slide, under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Arrange group, click Send to Back.

Use a text box or WordArt as a watermark

You can use text or WordArt (WordArt: Text objects you create with ready-made effects to which you can apply additional formatting options.) as a watermark (watermark: A semi-transparent image often used for letters and business cards. In currency, a watermark is visible when you hold a bill up to the light.) to indicate that your presentation is a draft or confidential.
  1. Click the slide that you want to add a text box (text box: A movable, resizable container for text or graphics. Use text boxes to position several blocks of text on a page or to give text a different orientation from other text in the document.) or WordArt watermark to. To add a watermark to all the slides in a blank presentation, on the View tab, in the Presentations Views group, click Slide Master.
    Presentation Views group
    Note If your completed presentation contains one or more master (master: A slide view or page on which you define formatting for all slides or pages in your presentation. Each presentation has a master for each key component: slides, title slides, speaker's notes, and audience handouts.) slides, you might not want to apply the background to the master slides and risk unwanted changes to your presentation. The safe alternative is to add the background to one slide at a time.


  2. On the Insert tab, in the Illustrations group, in the Text group, do one of the following:
    • To use a text box, click Text Box, and then drag to draw the text box the size that you want.
    • To use WordArt, click WordArt. Text group
  3. Enter text in the text box or WordArt that you want to appear in the watermark.
  4. If you want to reposition the watermark, click the text box or WordArt, and then when the pointer becomes a Four-headed arrow, drag the text box or WordArt to a new location.
  5. When you finish editing and positioning the watermark and are satisfied with its appearance, to send the text box or WordArt to the back of the slide, under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Arrange group, click Send to Back. Drawing Tools Format tab
    If you do not see the Drawing Tools or Format tabs, make sure that you selected a text box or WordArt.



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Create a PowerPoint 2007 template

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Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 template is a pattern or blueprint of a slide or group of slides that you save as a .potx file. Templates can contain layouts (layout: The arrangement of elements, such as title and subtitle text, lists, pictures, tables, charts, shapes, and movies, on a slide.), theme colors (theme colors: A set of colors that is used in a file. Theme colors, theme fonts, and theme effects compose a theme.), 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.), 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.), background styles, and even content.
You can create your own custom templates and store them, reuse them, and share them with others. You can also find hundreds of different types of free templates on Office Online and on other partner Web sites.
Some examples of templates on Office Online include, but are not limited to, the following:
AgendasAward certificatesBrochures
BudgetsBusiness cardsCalendars
Content slidesContractsDatabases
Design slidesDiagramsEnvelopes
Expense reportsFax sheetsFlyers
FormsGift certificatesGreeting cards
InventoriesInvitationsInvoices
LabelsLettersLists
MemosMinutesNewsletters
PlansPlannersPostcards
Purchase ordersReceiptsReports
ResumesSchedulesSchedules
StatementsStationaryTime sheets

A template can include the following:
Components of a template
Callout 1 Subject matter-specific content, such as Certificate of Achievement, Soccer, and the soccer ball image

Callout 2 Background formatting, such as pictures, texture, gradient or solid fill color, and transparency. This example shows the light blue solid fill background

Callout 3 Color, fonts, effects (3-D, lines, fills, shadows, etc.), and theme design elements (such as the color and gradient effects inside the word Soccer)

Callout 4 Text in placeholders (placeholders: Boxes with dotted or hatch-marked borders that are part of most slide layouts. These boxes hold title and body text or objects such as charts, tables, and pictures.) that prompt people to enter specific information, such as Player's name, Name of coach, Date of presentation, and any variable, such as the year (2007)

Templates are different from design templates

Do not mistake PowerPoint 2007 templates with the design templates used only in earlier versions of PowerPoint.
In PowerPoint 2007, themes (theme: A combination of theme colors, theme fonts, and theme effects. A theme may be applied to a file as a single selection.) replace design templates. To learn the difference between PowerPoint 2007 themes and PowerPoint 2003 and earlier design templates, and how to add design elements to your PowerPoint 2007 presentation by using colors, fonts, effects, and background effects.

Best practice for creating a template

When you create a template, add any content to the slide master in Slide Master view that you want to protect from being changed by users of your template, such as instructional prompt text, logos, header and footer information, subject matter content, a background, formatting, colors, fonts, and effects.
Users of your template will work in Normal view, guided by the instructional prompts that you added. The template users will replace the instructional prompt text and other placeholder content with data that is specific to their own project or presentation.

Create a new template

  1. Open a blank presentation, and then on the View tab, in the Presentation Views group, click Slide Master.
  2. On the Slide Master tab, in the Edit Master group, click Insert Slide Master.
    Notes
  3. To begin customizing the slide master, do one or more of the following:
      • To remove any of the built-in slide layouts that accompany the default slide master, in the slide thumbnail pane, right-click each slide layout that you don't want to use, and then click Delete Layout.
      • To remove an unwanted, default placeholder, in the slide thumbnail pane, click the slide layout that contains the placeholder, click the border of the placeholder in the presentation window, and then press DELETE.
      • To add a text placeholder, in the slide thumbnail pane, click the slide layout that you want to contain the placeholder, and then do the following:
        1. On the Slide Master tab, in the Master Layout group, click Insert Placeholder, and then click Text.
        2. Click a location on the slide master, and then drag to draw the placeholder.
          Tip To resize a placeholder, drag the corner of one of its borders.
        3. Type descriptive text that prompts the users of your template to enter specific information.
      • To add other types of placeholders that contain content such as pictures, clip art, SmartArt graphics, charts, movies, sounds, and tables, on the Slide Master tab, in the Master Layout group, click the type of placeholder that you want to add.
      • To apply a theme (theme: A combination of theme colors, theme fonts, and theme effects. A theme may be applied to a file as a single selection.) (to include color, formatting, effects, in a layout) to your presentation, on the Slide Master tab, in the Edit Theme group, click Themes, and then click a theme.
      • To change the background, on the Slide Master tab, in the Background group, click Background Styles, and then click a background.
      • To set the page orientation for all of the slides in your presentation, on the Slide Master tab, in the Page Setup group, click Slide Orientation, and then click either Portrait or Landscape.
      • To add text to appear in the footer at the bottom of all of the slides in your presentation, do the following:
        1. On the Insert tab, in the Text group, click Header & Footer.
        2. In the Header and Footer dialog box, on the Slide tab, select the Footer check box, and then type the text that you want to appear at the bottom of your slides.
        3. To display the footer content on all slides, click Apply to All.
  4. Click the Microsoft Office ButtonButton image, and then click Save As.
  5. In the File name box, type a file name, or do nothing to accept the suggested file name.
  6. In the Save as type list, click PowerPoint Template, and then click Save.
    Tip Save your templates to the Templates folder at C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates\ to make them easier to locate.




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Customize and save a theme in PowerPoint 2007

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In 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 theme

To 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 colors

Theme colors contain four text and background colors, six accent colors, and two hyperlink colors. The colors in the Theme Colors button Button image 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.
  1. On the Design tab, in the Themes group, click Colors. PowerPoint Ribbon
  2. Click Create New Theme Colors.
  3. Under Theme colors, click the button next to the name of the theme color element that you want to change.
  4. Under Theme Colors, click the color that you want to use. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for all of the theme color elements that you want to change. Tip Under Sample, you can see the effect of the changes that you make.
  5. In the Name box, type an appropriate name for the new theme colors, and then click Save. Tip If you want to return all theme color elements to their original theme colors, click Reset before you click Save.

Customize theme fonts

Theme fonts contain a heading font and a body text font. When you click the Theme Fonts button Button image, 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.
  1. On the Design tab, in the Themes group, click Theme Fonts. PowerPoint Ribbon
  2. Click Create New Theme Fonts.
  3. In the Heading font and Body font boxes, select the fonts that you want to use. Tip Under Sample, you can see sample text in the font style that you select.
  4. In the Name box, type an appropriate name for the new theme fonts, and then click Save.

Select a set of theme effects

Theme effects are sets of lines and fill effects. When you click the Theme Effects button Button image, 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.
  1. On the Design tab, in the Themes group, click Theme Effects. PowerPoint Ribbon
  2. Click the effect that you want to use.

Save a theme

You 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.
  1. On the Design tab, in the Themes group, click More Button image. PowerPoint Ribbon
  2. Click Save Current Theme.
  3. In the File Name box, type an appropriate name for the theme, and then click Save. The custom theme is saved in the Document Themes folder as a .thmx file and is automatically added to the list of custom themes.

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