PowerPoint Themes

What is a PowerPoint theme?

A theme is a predefined combination of fonts, colors, and effects that can be applied to your presentation. Text and graphics automatically take on the size, colors, and placement defined by the theme, which means less manual work as you create individual slides.

What is the difference between PowerPoint templates and PowerPoint themes?

PowerPoint Themes give your presentations a designer-quality look that includes one or more slide layouts with coordinating colors, a matching background, fonts, and effects. In comparison, a PowerPoint template is a blueprint of a slide or group of slides that you save as a .potx file. In short PowerPoint Templates (single slide) might not go with your PowerPoint theme as it might have its own layout and format.

How to create a theme in PowerPoint?

We recommend that you download ready to use themes to save time and build engaging presentations. However, if you want to do it on your own, here is the process: In the Design tab, you can create a new theme with new theme colors, new theme fonts, and the effects. Start from the basic 'Office' theme, or pick another theme by clicking the down arrow, and then play with the details to customize it. If you go into View > Master Slide, you can also add other graphics, logos, etc. that will appear on every slide of that theme.

How to change theme colors in PowerPoint?

To Change the color of a PowerPoint theme:

• On the Design tab, in the Variants group, select the down arrow that opens the gallery of color variants.
• Select Colors, and then click Customize Colors.
• In the Create New Theme Colors dialog box, under Theme Colors, do one of the following:
• Select the button next to the name of the theme color element that you want to change, and then choose a different color under Theme Colors.
• In the Name box, type an appropriate name for the new combination of colors, and then select Save.

How do I hide a slide in PowerPoint Presentation or Powerpoint Theme?

Hiding slides is useful when you have added slides that provide different levels of detail on the topic, perhaps for different audiences or situations. A hidden slide remains in the presentation file; but it won’t show up when you run Slide Show view. You can switch the Hide Slide option on and off for any slide in the presentation deck. In the left navigation panel:

• To hide a slide, right-click on the slide that you want to hide, and then click Hide Slide.
• To show a hidden slide, right-click on the slide that you want to show, and then click Hide Slide.

Where to download PowerPoint themes from?

SlideUpLift has created fully editable PowerPoint Themes and PowerPoint Backgrounds to help you create effective presentations. These PowerPoint Themes and templates are compatible with both MS PowerPoint and Google Slides to make it easy for you. The collection includes a variety of background templates for varied needs of business professionals such as startup pitch decks, HR Presentations, Marketing Presentations, and Business Strategy and Planning Presentations, Project Management Presentations, and much more.

How do I edit a PowerPoint theme?

PowerPoint themes already have predefined combinations of fonts, colors, and effects that can be applied to your presentation. You just have to put some content of your need and you are ready to go. But if you still want to edit your theme, here the steps:

To Change the color of your theme:

1. From the Design tab, click the drop-down arrow in the Variants group.
2. Select Colors, then click Customize Colors.
3. A dialog box will appear with the 12 current theme colors. To edit a color, click the drop-down arrow and select a different color. You may need to click More Colors to find the exact color you want.

To change the fonts of your theme:

1. From the Design tab, click the drop-down arrow in the Variants group.
2. Select Fonts, then hover the mouse over the different theme fonts to see a live preview.
3. Select the desired theme fonts.

To change the background of your theme

1. From the Design tab, click the drop-down arrow in the Variants group.
2. Select Background Styles.
3. Select the desired style. The available styles will change depending on the current theme colors.

How do you edit background graphics in PowerPoint?

To edit the background graphics in your presentation, just paste the image that you want to use as your new background on the Master slide, resize it and set it as background from Right Click > Send to back.

But if you want to completely remove the background, here are the steps:

1. On the View menu, select Master > Slide Master.
2. In the thumbnail pane on the left, click any slide layouts you want to remove background from.
3. On the Slide Master tab, click Background Styles.
4. Then click Format Background.
5. In the Format Background pane, under Fill, click Solid Fill then click the Color button and select the color you like and apply.

Where are Office themes in PowerPoint?

PowerPoint provides you a limited number of themes, which you can find Office themes in the Design section in PowerPoint. Or you can browse some more themes on Office websites. Also, SlideUpLift has created fully editable PowerPoint Themes and PowerPoint Backgrounds to help you create effective presentations. The collection includes a variety of background templates for varied needs of business professionals such as startup pitch decks, HR Presentations, Marketing Presentations, and Business Strategy and Planning Presentations, Project Management Presentations, and much more.

How do I change the font in the PowerPoint theme?

You can easily change the fonts in your PowerPoint theme. To change the fonts of your theme:

1. From the Design tab, click the drop-down arrow in the Variants group.
2. Select Fonts, then hover the mouse over the different theme fonts to see a live preview.
3. Select the desired theme fonts.