PPT Theme Library
EE Pros,
Often when I'm in a PPT slide deck, I'd like to change Themes. The problem is, that I have to look through 10s of PPTs to find a Theme I like. Is there a way to collect all PPT Themes on a Hard Drive or in a file of PPTs and keep them in a single place where you can draw from?
Thank you in advance,
B.
Often when I'm in a PPT slide deck, I'd like to change Themes. The problem is, that I have to look through 10s of PPTs to find a Theme I like. Is there a way to collect all PPT Themes on a Hard Drive or in a file of PPTs and keep them in a single place where you can draw from?
Thank you in advance,
B.
Echo_S
Sure. Which version of PPT are you using?
ASKER
thank you for the quick response! I'm running 2010.
B.
B.
Okay.
You can put any POTX or THMX files in this folder: C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppD
They will then show up in the themes gallery on the Design tab in PPT 2010. You can apply them (yup, even the POTX templates) to your existing slides from here.
You can put any POTX or THMX files in this folder: C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppD
They will then show up in the themes gallery on the Design tab in PPT 2010. You can apply them (yup, even the POTX templates) to your existing slides from here.
ASKER
Are you suggesting that I take my .ppt files and put them in this file and re-name the extension? Will that provide access to the themes?
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Echo,
Thank you for your help! That was very much appreciated.
B.
Thank you for your help! That was very much appreciated.
B.
You're welcome. Glad to hear it helped.
You know, you could just put all the PPTX files you want to re-use themes from into any folder and then in PowerPoint go to the Design tab, click the arrow to expand the Themes Gallery, then use Browse for Themes and navigate to your folder. Your PPTX files will show up, as will any themed files (THMX, POTX, PPTX, PPSX, even DOCX and XLSX!) you've put in that folder.
That might be easier in the long run than having to worry about getting te files show up in the gallery. It's hard to say what will work best for you -- and in typical PowerPoint style, there's more than one way to do it!
You know, you could just put all the PPTX files you want to re-use themes from into any folder and then in PowerPoint go to the Design tab, click the arrow to expand the Themes Gallery, then use Browse for Themes and navigate to your folder. Your PPTX files will show up, as will any themed files (THMX, POTX, PPTX, PPSX, even DOCX and XLSX!) you've put in that folder.
That might be easier in the long run than having to worry about getting te files show up in the gallery. It's hard to say what will work best for you -- and in typical PowerPoint style, there's more than one way to do it!
ASKER
Got it. Actually, that's exactly what I ended up doing!
Thanks again,
B.
Thanks again,
B.