Themes include settings for colors and fonts. A theme’s color scheme affects most elements on your slide, including background, text, and graphics. Themes provide sets of colors that work well together so your slides should maintain an attractive and cohesive look no matter which one you apply. Font schemes include settings for heading and body fonts. When you apply a theme, it contains a preset color scheme and fonts, but you can change these to give your slides a new look.

Select a Different Theme Color Scheme

1. Click the Design tab.

2. Click the Colors button in the Themes group.

3. Right-click on a color scheme and choose either Apply To All Slides or Apply To Selected Slides. The new colors are applied.

   

Tip

Be sure to use color combinations that work well in the space where you will give your presentation. Most color combinations PowerPoint offers should help to keep your text readable, but if you decide to change the color of an individual element yourself, remember that dark text colors are hard to read in a lighter space.

See Also

You can also apply theme elements to all slides by applying them through the Slide Master. For more information about working with masters, see "Display and Navigate Masters".

Change Theme Fonts

1. Click the Design tab.

2. Click the Fonts button.

3. Move your mouse over the fonts to preview them on your slides.

4. Click a font style to apply it to all slides.

   

Try This!

To create your own font theme, choose Create New Theme Fonts from the Fonts gallery. Select a heading font and body font, give the font theme a name, and click Save. The theme is now available in the Fonts gallery.

See Also

To learn how to manually change fonts on selected text, see "Applying Fonts".