Applying a Theme

When you create a presentation based on a template or a ready-made design, the presentation includes a themea combination of colors, fonts, formatting, graphics, and other elements that gives the presentation a coherent look. Even a presentation developed from scratch has a theme, albeit one that consists of only a white background and a very basic set of font styles and sizes.

If you want to change the theme applied to a presentation, you can choose a new one from the Themes group on the Design tab. With the live preview feature, you can easily try different effects until you find the one you want.

In this exercise, you will change the theme applied to a presentation that was created from a template. You will also apply a theme to a presentation that was created from scratch.

1.	With 03_Theme1 active, on the Design tab, in the Themes group, click the More button to the right of the thumbnails. More The Themes gallery opens, displaying all the available themes. [View full size image]
2.	Point to each theme thumbnail in turn to see a live preview of what the presentation will look like with that theme applied.
3.	Click the Technic thumbnail to apply that theme to the entire presentation. Instead of a blue background with text in the Times New Roman font, the presentation now has a tan striped background with text in the Franklin Gothic font. See Also For information about creating your own themes, see "Creating Theme Colors and Fonts" in Chapter 9, "Creating Your Own Presentation Elements."
4.	Switch to the 03_Theme2 presentation, display the Themes gallery, and then click the Apex thumbnail. Instead of a white background with text in the Calibri font, the presentation now has a gray watermarked background with text in the Lucida and Book Antiqua fonts.