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Theme Builder: Opening Existing Themes in Theme Builder

Tuesday, August 20, 2019, posted by Geetesh at 4:24 pm

If you already installed Theme Builder and created a new theme by playing around, you might get disappointed to learn that PowerPoint complains about the theme files you created being corrupt.

That’s because a theme you create from scratch only includes the parameters you add, and these parameters might not be complete. For instance, it is possible you added some info on how you want the backgrounds to look, but left out the part about effects, fonts, or fills. Naturally, PowerPoint expects to find information about all the parameters and thus complains that the theme file is corrupt.

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Kevin Lerner

Tuesday, August 20, 2019, posted by Geetesh at 2:42 pm

Kevin Lerner
Kevin Lerner is an experienced presentation designer and PowerPoint expert, trainer/speaker, and communications strategist. Since founding The Presentation Team in the 1990’s, Kevin has developed thousands of presentations for clients including Motorola, Comcast Cable, Office Depot, Citrix, Oracle, Johnson & Johnson, NASA, the U.S. Army, The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), as well as numerous smaller companies, professional speakers, and individuals.

Here’s a list of links on Indezine.com where he has been featured:

Mastering the Art of Breath: Techniques to Elevate Your Presentation Delivery
April 4, 2025

Presentation Procrastinators: 04
November 18, 2019

Presentation Procrastinators: 03
August 16, 2019

Presentation Procrastinators: 02
June 24, 2019

Presentation Procrastinators: 01
May 22, 2019

Speaking about Speaking: Toastmasters International – by Kevin Lerner
January 11, 2012

Five Uses for One Speech: Guest Post by Kevin Lerner
October 24, 2011

Pause Power — A Verbal Tool Like No Other: Guest Post by Kevin Lerner
August 12, 2011

7 Key Tips to Using PowerPoint
February 22, 2006

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Theme Builder: Installing and Using Theme Builder in PowerPoint

Wednesday, August 14, 2019, posted by Geetesh at 3:12 pm

Theme Builder is an application created by Microsoft to create and edit themes. The full name of the application is Microsoft Theme Builder, but for reasons of simplicity, we’ll call it Theme Builder throughout this series of pages. As of now, Theme Builder is a Windows only application, but any Themes edited and created within this application work in Mac versions of Office too.

To learn more, choose your version of PowerPoint. If we do not have a tutorial for your version of PowerPoint, explore the version closest to the one you use.

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Installing and Using Theme Builder in PowerPoint

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Saving Themes: Saving Themes in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Tuesday, August 13, 2019, posted by Geetesh at 3:52 pm

PowerPoint uses a variety of built-in Themes that are installed by default. Themes can also be saved from within Microsoft Word and Excel (version 2010) in the same way it is done in PowerPoint. In both of these programs, Themes are found in a tab location different from that of PowerPoint.

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AlexAnndra Ontra

Monday, August 12, 2019, posted by Geetesh at 3:32 pm

AlexAnndra Ontra
AlexAnndra Ontra, co-founder of Shufflrr, is a leading advocate for presentation management. She has been providing presentation technology and consulting services to global enterprises for over 15 years. At Shufflrr, Alex advises Shufflrr clients through the process: from trial, to content architecture, through the launch, training and then on-going software upgrades. She’s hands-on. She is a leading expert in presentation management strategy, implementation, and adaptation.