Applies ToPowerPoint 2013
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Themes provide a complete slide design for your presentation, including background designs, font styles, colors, and layouts. To find themes, click DESIGN, point to a theme, and see how it previews on the slide.

Remove the current slide design

To change the current theme to another theme:

  1. On the DESIGN tab, in the Themes group, click More.

  2. Do one of the following:

  3. Under Custom, choose a custom theme to apply.

  4. Under Office, click a built-in theme to apply. If your goal is to display little to no color in your presentation, (something plain with a white background), apply the Office Theme

  5. Click Browse for Themes, and locate and click a theme.

Change theme fonts

  1. Click VIEW > Slide Master > Fonts > Customize Fonts.

  2. In the Create New Theme Fonts dialog box, under the Heading font and Body font boxes, select the fonts that you want to use.

  3. In the Name box, type an appropriate name for the new theme fonts, and click Save.

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Add color and design to your slides with themes

Apply multiple slide designs (themes) to one presentation

Save a slide design (theme) as a template

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