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Applying a Theme in PowerPoint applies Theme Colors, Theme Fonts, Theme Effects, Theme Backdrops, and much more. However there are scenarios in which you really don’t require such a complete makeover or metamorphosis. In that case, you can still apply Theme Colors and Theme Fonts and leave all other Theme attributes unchanged.
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Tagged as: 04-01, PowerPoint Tutorials, Theme Basics, Themes Templates Masters and Layouts
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When you launch PowerPoint, you are provided with an option to create a new blank presentation. Further, if you are already working on an open presentation, and want to create a new presentation at that point, you can do so using the New tab within the Backstage View.
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Tagged as: 01-08, File Types File Menu and Backstage View, Interface and Basics, PowerPoint Tutorials
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Brian Reilly is President of Reillyand, a Milford CT based company, that develops custom solutions typically integrating several of the Office applications for output into PowerPoint. Brian is also a Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for Microsoft PowerPoint. He often creates customized solutions for clients that involve taking PowerPoint and other Microsoft Office applications to the limit.
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Enabling Guides for your presentation slides helps ensure that your objects are easily aligned, and also in the same relative position in successive slides. But just enabling Guides is more like getting started. There’s so much more you can do, such as customizing the Guides themselves using hierarchical options. PowerPoint lets you work with Guides on a higher hierarchical level within the Slide Master and individual Slide Layouts. Depending on whether you added Guides within the Slide Master, an individual Slide Layout, or even a normal slide, your Guides are color-coded for easy identification.
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While working in PowerPoint and other Office applications, you will see the concept of “Office Background”, which essentially indicates the small image strip visible on the top right area of the program interface. It does look like PowerPoint just got tattooed!
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.
Office Background in PowerPoint 365
Office Background in PowerPoint 2016
Office Background in PowerPoint 2013
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