Special Edition Using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007

Chapter 6. Working with Themes, Color Schemes, and Backgrounds

Patrice-Anne Rutledge

In this chapter

• Understanding Themes 96

• Applying a Background 104

• Troubleshooting 106

• Design Corner: Creating a Custom Theme 106

Understanding Themes

Each theme contains

• Fonts—. A theme contains two fonts: one for headings and one for body text.

• Colors—. PowerPoint color schemes include a set of 12 coordinated colors that works with both light and dark backgrounds.

• Graphic Effects—. PowerPoint, Excel, and Word use the new OfficeArt 2.0 graphics engine, which creates enhanced graphical effects similar to those you can create in Adobe Photoshop. Office themes apply these effects ...