Office Themes, Templates, Masters, and Layouts
Learn about how you can use, create, and share Microsoft Office Themes that work in PowerPoint, Word and Excel.
Date Created: June 2nd 2008
Last Updated: April 26th 2013
PowerPoint 2013 for Windows
- The Evolution of Themes
- Themes in Microsoft Office
- XML Editing in Visual Studio
- Super Themes
- Editing Super Themes with XML
PowerPoint 2010 for Windows
Themes - Basics
- The Evolution of Themes
- Themes in Microsoft Office
- Applying Themes in PowerPoint, Word, and Excel
- Applying Theme Colors and Theme Fonts
- XML Editing in Visual Studio
Theme Fonts
- Theme Fonts
- Create Custom Theme Fonts
- Sharing, Editing, and Deleting Custom Theme Fonts
- Create Custom Theme Fonts Using XML (Windows)
Saving Themes
Theme Builder
- Theme Builder
- Theme Builder Anomalies: Themes Incompatible
- Theme Builder Anomalies: Removed Content from Themes
Slide Master and Slide Layouts
- Change Background Styles in the Slide Master
- Slide Layouts within Slide Master View
- Change Background Styles for Slide Layouts
- Custom Backgrounds for Slide Master and Layouts
- Duplicate, Rename, and Edit Slide Layouts
- Add New Slide Layouts
- Inserting New Placeholders in Slide Layouts
- Formatting Picture Placeholders
- Create Custom Shaped Picture Placeholders
- Add Your Logo or Graphic to the Slide Master
- Add and Rename Slide Masters
- Duplicate Slide Masters
- Applying Slide Masters to Individual Slides
- Changing Location of Slide Numbers
PowerPoint 2007 for Windows
Themes - Basics
- The Evolution of Themes
- Themes in Microsoft Office
- Applying Themes in PowerPoint, Word, and Excel
- Applying Theme Colors and Theme Fonts
- Theme Fonts
- Create Custom Theme Fonts
- Sharing, Editing, and Deleting Custom Theme Fonts
Saving Themes
Theme Builder
- Theme Builder
- The Theme XML Files
- Opening Existing Themes in Theme Builder
- Theme Builder Anomalies: Removed Content from Themes
Upcoming Tutorials
- Basic XML Editing
- Choosing Backgrounds
- Backgrounds in Theme Builder
- Backgrounds from Image Editors (Photoshop and others)
- Tiled Backgrounds
- Theme Colors
- Choosing Theme Colors Wisely
- Extra Theme Colors
- Shades, Tints, and Duotones
- About Fonts
- Theme Fonts in PowerPoint
- Theme Fonts in Theme Builder
- Theme Lines, Fills, and Effects
- Fill Types
- Line Types
- Effect Types
- 3D Effects
- Subtle, Moderate, Intense
- Shape Styles
- Transparency and Alpha
- Testing in Theme Builder
- Testing in PowerPoint
- Slide Master
- Slide Layouts
- Picture Slide Layouts
- Extra PNGs
- Tips and Ideas
- Design and Inspiration
- Everything Else
PowerPoint 2003 for Windows
- Text Boxes vs. Text Placeholders (links to Interface and Basics section)
- Slide Layouts -- Applying
- Slide Layouts -- Reapplying
- Using Masters
- Slide Master
- Title Master
- Handout Masters
- Notes Master
- Caveats About Masters
- Multiple Masters
- Applying Masters
- Editing Masters
- Creating Masters
- Slide Backgrounds
- Formatting Backgrounds
- Color Contrast Issues
- Color Schemes -- Applying
- Color Schemes -- Editing
- Color Schemes -- Creating
- Changing Fonts
- Font Guidelines
- Font Embedding
- Templates: Backgrounds + Color Schemes + Fonts + Masters
- Saving Templates
- Sharing Templates
- Template Folders
- Applying Templates
- Template Caveats
Working with Twitter
PowerPoint 2011 for Mac
Themes - Basics
- The Evolution of Themes
- Themes in Microsoft Office
- Applying Themes in PowerPoint, Word, and Excel
- Applying Theme Colors and Theme Fonts
Theme Fonts
Saving Themes
PowerPoint 2008 for Mac
Themes - Basics
- The Evolution of Themes
- Themes in Microsoft Office
- Applying Themes in PowerPoint, Word, and Excel
- Applying Theme Colors and Theme Fonts
