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I'm working on a presentation for an advertising
company, and right now I'm using the Berlin

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theme.

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The built-in themes look really good, and
they're a great starting point, but it's even

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better if you can customize them so that they're
unique to your company or your project.

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We'll start by going to the design tab...

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Here on the right, you have the option of
choosing a theme variant.

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Just mouse over the options for a preview.

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Variants are different versions of the theme
you're currently using - they let you quickly

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change your color scheme, and some style elements,
without giving up the overall look of the

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design.

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If you'd like to customize the look even further,
click the drop-down arrow here.

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Let's try some new colors....

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The marquee colors look good...and you can
see that they've changed the background colors,

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and font colors, and just about everything
else, but the layout has stayed the same.

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Sometimes, you may not like every color in
a set of theme colors.

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Fortunately, it's easy to change one or more
particular colors to suit your needs.

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Go back to the colors menu, and then go to
Customize Colors.

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Here, we could pick all new theme colors,
but I'm just going to change a couple of them.

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I think I'm going to go with a purple color...

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And when you're done, you can just give the
theme colors a name, and then save them.

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The fonts work basically the same way as the
colors...

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You can choose from the built-in theme fonts,
or you can create new theme fonts...

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And it's up to you whether you want your fonts
to have a lot of contrast or if you want them

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to be similar.

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I like to have some contrast so they'll really
stand out...Then just give the theme fonts

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a name and save them.

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And you can also change the theme effects...

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I think the Inset effect adds a nice touch
to this.

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And finally, every theme is going to have
an assortment of background styles that you

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can choose from.

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Once you have everything exactly how you want
the it, you may want to save the theme.

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Just click the drop-down arrow to open up
the Themes menu, and then click Save Current

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Theme.

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Type a name for the theme, and then save it.

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You have just created your very own theme,
and now you can use it in other presentations,

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and you'll even be able to access the theme
from Word and Excel.

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So if you're giving a presentation, you could
create handouts in Word, with some tables

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and charts from Excel, and everything would
match the style of your PowerPoint presentation.