Chapter 3. Customizing Themes and Backgrounds

This chapter shows you how to create a custom presentation by modifying its themes and backgrounds.

PowerPoint offers numerous tools to help you create presentations quickly and easily. There are times, however, when you need to go beyond these existing designs to create a truly unique presentation. Fortunately, PowerPoint makes it easy to customize its themes and backgrounds.

In this chapter, you learn the basics of customizing a theme’s components, including colors, fonts, and effects. You can also listen to theme customization tips and watch videos that show you how to apply a new theme, customize a theme’s color scheme, and customize PowerPoint backgrounds.

Applying Themes

When you create a ...

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