For more information check out the attached guide below.

Creating Your Own Theme

SlideRocket has a series of shared themes provided to you. You also have the ability to create your own theme.

Theme Library

1.      Click on the Theme Library

2.      Click on Create New Theme.

3.      Give your new theme a name and save it.

LOOKING AHEAD: You can edit the theme from inside the presentation

New Presentation

1.      Click on Create New Presentation.

2.      Click Create New Theme and select OK

3.      The new presentation is open with your new theme select File > Edit Theme

Within the presentation

1.      In the Slide Properties Panel, click on the down arrow by the name of the theme

2.      Click on the New Theme button.

3.      Select Create New Theme and select OK. The new theme will now be applied to your existing presentation. To edit the theme to go File > Edit Theme

Duplicate an Existing Theme

You can use any theme as a base for a new theme by right clicking on it and selecting duplicate theme. You can now make edits to the copy.

Customizing a Theme

Layouts define how elements are arranged on a slide. A background is what's behind the layout and may be a solid color, an image, a fill, or a gradient. Together they can make up a theme or format a single slide.

Layouts

1.       Start with a presentation you have permissions to edit the theme. Will get a pop up notifying you if don't have permissions when you go to File > Edit theme.

2.       Click the Layouts button and the slide sorter will show you all of the layouts that were created automatically with your theme.

              a.       You can click on any of the layouts you want to edit by changing the background, adding a transition or adding an element.

              b.      You can click on the + Layout if you'd like to create a new layout.

3.       Click Return to Slides. You will now be prompted to save the changes you've made to the layout and have them apply to the presentation.

4.       Save your changes to update all of the slides in the presentation.

Any edits made to the theme for layouts or backgrounds can only be changed from the Edit theme menu.

ADVANCED NOTE: You may add additional elements (text, pictures, etc.) to your slides on top of the placeholders which are provided in the layouts. Under the Layout Placeholders you have the ability to add page numbers to each slide. When you're editing the presentation the numbers will not show, but when the presentation is played they will.

Background

1.      Start with a presentation you have permissions to edit the theme.  Will get a pop up notifying you if don't have permissions when you go to File > Edit theme.

2.      Click on the Background button and the slide sorter will show you the default background for your theme.

3.      You can use the Background Properties to select from the following:

               a.       No Fill: Your slide will have a blank background.

               b.      Color Fill: Using the color picker you can set any shade to fill the background of the slide.

               c.       Gradient: You can set the colors, angle/degree of the gradient and the location the gradient starts.

               d.      Image Fill: Opens the asset library to pictures so you can easily select which you would like to add to the background. You can also set the scale that best fits how you want the image to show or return to change the image.

4.      Click Return to Slides. You will now be prompted to save the changes you've made to the background and have them apply to the presentation.

5.      Save your changes to update all of the slides in the presentation.

LOOKING AHEAD: Any changes made to a background or layout will apply to all other presentations the theme is used.

Style

Editing the Default Style edits how text, shapes and tables will appear automatically when added to the presentation.

• Text: Set default font, color, size,
• Shapes: Set default fill, stroke, opacity
• Tables: Set default size, font, fill
• Theme Colors: Set default color options

ADVANCED NOTE: Effects and Builds can be added to any of the default styles.