How to Apply a Theme to One Slide, to Selected Slides, to Matching Slides

A theme is a pre-designed file with a combination of colors, fonts, effects, graphics and other objects that you apply to your presentation to change its look in a few seconds. You can use a theme in Different ways.

How to apply one theme to a single slide?

To do this follow these steps:

1. Open the Presentation, if the file is not open. You may download Practice File.
2. Select the slide from the Thumbnails pane whose theme you want to change. Click the slide 3 to change its theme.
3. Go to the Design Tab, click More Drop-down Button to open the theme gallery.
4. Right Click on the theme which you want to apply.
5. A popup menu appears, click Apply to Selected Slides. As a result, PowerPoint applies the theme to the selected slide.

How to use a theme to multiple slides?

To do this follow these steps:

1. Open the Presentation, if the file is not open. You may download Practice File.
2. Press and hold Ctrl Button then Click each slide that you want to select. Click slide 1, slide 2 and slide 4 to select these slides.
3. Go to the Design Tab, click More Drop-down Button to open the theme gallery.
4. Right Click on a theme.
5. A popup menu appears, click Apply to Selected Slides. As a result, PowerPoint applies the theme to selected slides.

How to use a theme to all slides that use the same theme?

To do this follow these steps:

1. Open the Presentation, if the file is not open. You may download Practice File.
2. Go to the Design Tab, click More Drop-down Button to open the theme gallery.
3. Right Click on a theme.
4. A popup menu appears, click Apply to Matching Slides. As a result, PowerPoint applies the theme to all slides that are using the same theme.

How to apply any theme to all slides?

To do this follow these steps:

1. Open the Presentation, if the file is not open. You may download Practice File.
2. Go to the Design Tab, click More Drop-down Button to open the theme gallery.
3. Right Click on a theme.
4. A popup menu appears, click Apply to All Slides. As a result, PowerPoint applies the theme to all slides.