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Using PowerPoint 2007
Apply Backgrounds, Themes, and Colors
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When you wish to add a color background to your presentation Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, you add a background style. You can also use a picture or a texture for a slide background. When you change background themes, the background styles are updated to reflect the new theme colors and backgrounds. If you want to change only the background of your presentation, you should choose a different background style. When you change document themes, you change much more than the background — you also change the set of colors, heading and body text fonts, line and fill styles, and theme effects (theme effects: A set of visual attributes that is applied to elements in a file. Theme effects, theme colors, and theme fonts compose a theme.
Background styles are displayed in thumbnails in the Background Styles gallery. When you place your pointer over a background style thumbnail, you can preview how the background style will effect your presentation. If you like the background style, you can then click to apply it.
To apply a background to your slides:
1. Click the slide or slides that you want to add a background style to.
Note: To select multiple slides, click the first slide, and then press and hold CTRL while you click the other slides.
2. On the Design tab, in the Background group, click the arrow next to Background Styles.
3. You will see the various background choices. Slide your mouse over the choices and see how they will look on the current slide.
4. Right-click the background style that you want, and then do one of the following:
To apply the background style to the selected slides, click Apply to Selected Slides.
To apply the background style to all of the slides in your presentation, click Apply to All Slides.
Example of slide with Background #7 chosen.
To apply a theme to your slides:
1. Click the slide or slides that you want to add a background style to.
Note: To select multiple slides, click the first slide, and then press and hold CTRL while you click the other slides.
2. On the Design Tab, in the Themes Group, roll your mouse over the various selections.
3. To see additional themes, click on the down arrow
to the right of the visible themes. The All Themes window will appear.
4. You can test the different themes on your slide by simply rolling your mouse over them or you can click on a selection and see how your slide will look with the chosen theme.
Example of a slide in the Civic Theme:
To change the color scheme of the chosen theme:
1. After you have chosen a theme, you may change the color scheme of that theme. Click the down arrow to the right of Colors in the Theme Group.
Example of a slide in the Civic Theme with the Solstice Color Scheme:
Note: You can also change the font style of a theme. Just click on font and make a choice. You can also create your own color combinations by clicking on Create New Theme Colors on the colors drop down menu. Additionally, you can add effects to the theme by clicking the down arrow next to Effects and making a selection.
