Use multiple themes in one presentation

Use multiple themes in a presentation

Your presentation currently has one slide master with a theme applied. To add a second theme, add another slide master with a different theme. Here's how:

1. On the View tab, pick Slide Master.

   

2. On the Slide Master tab, pick Insert Slide Master.

   A second slide master is inserted in the thumbnail pane on the left.

3. With the new slide master selected in the thumbnail pane, on the Slide Master tab of the ribbon, select Themes, and choose a theme from the list.

   

   The Slide Master you've added will now have a different theme from the other Slide Master in your presentation.

4. When you've finished your selections, select Close Master View.

The new theme you just chose hasn't been applied to any slides yet, but now you have two different themes that you can apply to slides. See the two procedures below to make use of the new theme and slide master you've just added.

To apply a theme to new slides

1. On the Home tab of the ribbon, in the Slides section, click the down arrow next to New Slide to open a gallery of slide-layout thumbnails.

   

2. Scroll the thumbnails and click the theme and layout you want to use.

   

For more information, see Edit and re-apply a slide layout.

To apply a theme to existing slides

1. Click the slide you want to change.

2. In the Slides section, click the down arrow next to Slide Layout to drop down a selection of thumbnails.

   

3. Scroll the thumbnails and click the theme and layout you want to use.

   

For more info, see Edit and re-apply a slide layout.

Apply a different theme to a slide

1. Select the slide that you want to apply a different theme to.

2. Hold down CONTROL and then, on the Design tab, in Themes, click the slide that you want to apply the theme to and click Apply to Selected Slides.

   Tip: If your goal is to display very little or no color on the slide (a plain look), apply the White theme.

Return manually formatted elements to theme settings

A theme is a collection of specific fonts, colors, and slide layout. When any of these elements is formatted manually, that formatting overrides the theme. For example, if your presentation uses the Courier font and you manually format some of the text as Tahoma, reapplying or changing the theme will not affect the text that's formatted with the Tahoma font.

To return manually formatted elements to the theme settings, see the following sections:

• Restore a font to the theme font

• Restore theme colors to objects

• Restore theme layouts

Restore a font to the theme font

Each theme has two sets of fonts, one for headings and another for body text. If your text is a heading, use the Theme Headings font. Otherwise, use the Theme Body font.

1. Select the text that you want to change to a theme font.

   Tip: You can hold down SHIFT to select more than one text box or object that contains text. If you can't select an object or text on a slide, modify the slide master.

2. On the Home tab, in Font, click the arrow next to the font name box.

3. To change text to a theme font, click the Theme Headings font or the Theme Body font.

   A check mark shows that the Theme Headings font or the Theme Body font is selected.

   

Restore theme colors to objects

If you apply a theme and some objects don't change to theme colors, they probably have manual formats applied.

1. Select the object for which you want to restore theme colors.

2. On the Shape Format tab, click the arrow next to Shape Fill, and then click the color that you want.

   

Restore theme layouts

If you apply a theme and some slides don't change to theme layouts, the layouts were probably changed manually. For example, if you move a heading to a different place on the slide or change the position of a table, those items have manually formatted layouts that don't change when the theme changes.

1. Click the item that you want to restore to the theme layout, such as a repositioned heading.

2. On the Home tab, in the Slides section, click Reset.

   

See also

Create your own theme in PowerPoint