If you’ve taken the time to create and save your own custom themes in PowerPoint, there may be a time when you’ll want to copy that theme to another computer, or share it with another PowerPoint user, or simply make sure you have a backup of your theme. This video explains how to locate and copy custom themes.
- [Instructor] Hi, I'm Garrick Chow.…This week we're continuing to look at ways…to reuse content and design elements to save time…and to bring a consistent look to your presentations.…If you've taken the time to create…and save your own custom themes in PowerPoint,…which we looked at how to do in a previous installment,…there may be a time when you'll want to copy that theme…to another computer or share it with another PowerPoint user…or simply make sure you have a backup of your theme.…Doing so is really just a matter…of locating the theme file on your computer.…Here in Windows, you'll have to dig…through several layers of folders.…Start by opening a File Explorer window.…
Then go to your local disk, into users, into your account.…Now the next folder we need isn't visible by default,…so I'm going to come up here to the view tab…and check hidden items and that reveals hidden folders.…Now I just continue digging down…by going into app AppData, Roaming, Microsoft,…Templates, and finally Document Themes.…If you saved your custom theme in the default location,…
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9/11/2019Released
1/4/2017Skill Level Intermediate
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