How to Create a Custom Color Scheme in PowerPoint
Microsoft PowerPoint has several tools that you can use to quickly design your presentation. One of these tools is a set of color schemes that you can apply to an existing or new PowerPoint presentation. The color schemes are limited to a few, but you can easily create a custom color scheme to save and use as many times as you like, Just follow the next few steps.
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Open Microsoft PowerPoint and start a new blank presentation to which you would like to add a custom color scheme. If you like, you may instead choose to open an existing presentation that you would like to change the color scheme to a customized one of your choice.
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Choose the "Format" menu and click on "Slide Design..." to open the "Slide Design" task pane on the right side of the screen.
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Click the "Color Schemes" text link near the top of the "Slide Design" task pane to view the color schemes available, clicking on the one you would like to customize when it is displayed.
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Use your mouse to click the "Edit Color Schemes..." text link at the bottom of the "Slide Design" task pane to open the "Edit Color Scheme" dialog box.
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Select the scheme color you would like to change by clicking on it under the "Scheme colors" section of the "Custom" tab in the "Edit Color Scheme" dialog box.
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Click the "Change Color" button in the "Edit Color Scheme" dialog box to open the "Background Color" dialog box and pick a color from either the "Standard" or "Custom" tab that you would like to use, clicking the "OK" button to close the "Background Color" dialog box when you are finished.
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Continue selecting and changing the scheme colors you would like to customize. Click "Apply" to close the "Edit Color Scheme" dialog box and customize the PowerPoint color scheme.
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