Transcript Lesson 11 Customizing Themes and Master Slides

Lesson 11
Customizing Themes
and Master Slides
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Objectives
• Customizing existing themes
• Format background styles
• Work with slide masters to create customized
design themes
• Apply themes and templates from Microsoft
Office Online
• Customize handout and notes masters
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Customizing Themes
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Customizing an Existing Theme
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Examine Built-In Color Themes
• From the Design tab, in the Themes group, the Colors
button displays four colors of the current theme.
• All theme colors are listed alphabetically.
• You can actually change 12 different theme colors: four
text and background, six accent, and two
hyperlink colors.
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Create and Save Custom
Theme Colors
• From the Design tab
click the Colors button
and choose Create
New Theme Colors.
• A dialog box will open
where the theme
colors can be
changed individually.
• New Custom Colors
can be saved for later
use.
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Change Theme Fonts and
Examine Built-In Effects
• Theme fonts in
PowerPoint control
the heading font and
the body text font.
• For many of the
themes, the same
font is used in both
places; however,
some themes use
two fonts.
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Save a Custom Theme
• From the Design tab, in the Themes group, click the
More button. Click Save Current Theme.
• Key a filename for this theme. The Save as type
should remain Office Theme to ensure that this new
theme will be available to use across Microsoft
Office Applications.
• Click Save.
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Formatting Background Styles
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Apply Solid Fill and
Gradient Backgrounds
• From the Design tab,
in the Background
group, click the
Background Styles
button then click
Format Background.
• Choose Solid fill and
then change the color.
• Click Apply to All.
• Click Close.
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Apply Textured Backgrounds
• From the Design tab, in
the Background group,
click the Background
Styles button, then
Format Background.
• Choose Picture or
texture fill. Click Texture
to see a limited number
of textures.
• Choose a texture and
then click Apply to All.
• Click Close.
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Create a Picture Background
from a File
• From the Design tab, in the
Background group, click the
Background Styles button,
then Format Background.
• For the Fill, select Picture or
texture fill then under insert
from: click File. On the Insert
Picture dialog box, locate
your files and click Insert.
• Click Apply to All.
• Click Close.
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Working with Slide Masters
for a Custom Theme
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Rearrange Background Graphics
• From the View tab, in the
Presentation Views group,
click the Slide Master
button.
• Use the Background
Styles button to change
the background fill.
• Add shapes and
resize/recolor them as
appropriate.
• Copy and paste to
reproduce similar shapes.
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Change and Reposition Placeholders
• When the layout of
the graphics and the
backgrounds of a
theme is changed,
often the theme
placeholders must be
repositioned for all
objects to fit
attractively on the
slide.
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Change Bullets
• From the Home tab in the Paragraph group, click
the down arrow on the Bullets button.
• Click Bullets and Numbering.
• Click Picture, and select the bullet you want.
• Click OK.
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Insert an Image and Add WordArt
• To add interest to your
theme and help to
establish your
presentation’s meaning,
insert a clip art image or
picture on the Slide
Master Title Slide layout.
• Repeat the same image in
a smaller size on the Slide
Master layout for all the
slides in the presentation.
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Adjust Footer Positioning
and Add Footer Text
• On the first Slide Master layout, select the footer
placeholders for the date and footer text.
• Adjust the font, size, color, and position of the
date and footer text.
• On the Slide Master tab, click the Close Master
View button.
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Adjust Slide Elements to
Fit the New Design Template
• After a new theme is complete, the positioning of
images and other graphics already used in the
presentation may need adjusting.
• Adjust the same as on a slide, but complete
these actions in the Slide Master Layout.
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Save a New Design Template
• Click the Microsoft Office Button, choose Save
As, and then Other Formats to open the Save As
dialog box.
• In the Save as type drop-down list, choose
PowerPoint Template.
• In the File name box, key the filename.
• Click OK.
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Adjust a Presentation Theme
• Adjust the size and
positioning of the title
and subtitle placeholder
as needed.
• On the Slide Master,
ensure that no shapes
or placeholders overlap.
• Resize the footer
placeholders and align
the text with the left edge of the subtitle.
• On the Slide Master tab, click Close Master View.
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Applying Themes and
Design Templates from
Microsoft Office Online
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Search Microsoft Office Online
• From the Design tab, in the Themes group, click
the More button then click More Themes on
Microsoft Office Online.
• A collection of themes shown as thumbnails will
appear that you can download from this site.
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Browse for Themes
• From the Design tab, in the Themes group, click
the More button.
• To look for additional themes, click the More
button again and choose Browse for themes.
• Select the theme, and click Open.
• Adjust placeholder alignment and position as
needed.
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Customizing a Handout Master
and a Notes Master
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Work with the Notes Master
• From the View tab, in
the Presentation
Views group, click the
Notes Master button.
• Make needed
adjustments.
• From the Notes
Master tab, click the
Close Master View
button.
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Work with the Handout Master
• Handout Masters
come with built-in
layouts, from one to
nine slides per page.
• When placing pictures
or other objects on a
Handout Master, be
careful to size and
position them so that
they do not overlap
slide placeholders.
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Lesson 11 Summary
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Lesson 11 Summary—1
• You can customize presentation theme colors to
suit individual needs.
– From the Design tab, in the Themes group, click the
Colors button and then choose from available
themes. Click Create New Theme Colors to change
individual colors and save them as a new theme.
• From the Design tab, in the Background group,
use the Background styles button to apply a
background effect to one or more slides in a
presentation.
– Backgrounds can be solid colors, gradient fills,
textures, or pictures.
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Lesson 11 Summary—2
• The Apply to All command on the Background
dialog box applies a background effect to all
slides in a presentation.
• Customize a pre-designed theme by rearranging
graphics, changing the background,
repositioning placeholders, and changing font
treatments.
– If graphic objects from a Slide Master interfere with
the design of one or more slides, they can be hidden
on those slides by selecting Hide Background
Graphics on the Design tab.
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Lesson 11 Summary—3
• Create a new design template by changing and
adding elements on the slide and title master.
– Save it as a template by using the Save As dialog box
and choosing PowerPoint Template in the Save as
type list box.
• Notes and Handout Masters can also be
customized.
– Slide placeholders on the Handout Master cannot be
moved or resized.
– When placing text boxes or pictures on a Handout
Master, be sure they do not overlap slide image
placeholders.
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