Change the color scheme of slides

  1. On the Formatting toolbar, click Design Button image, and in the task pane (task pane: A window within an Office program that provides commonly used commands. Its location and small size allow you to use these commands while still working on your files.), click Color Schemes.
  2. If you want to apply the color scheme (color scheme: A set of eight balanced colors that you can apply to slides, notes pages, or audience handouts. A color scheme consists of a background color, a color for lines and text, and six other colors selected to make slides easy to read.) to selected (rather than all) slides, select the slides on the Slides tab.
  3. In the task pane, under Apply a color scheme, point to the color scheme you want, and then do one of the following:


To see larger previews of the color schemes, point to the preview, click the arrow, and then click Show Large Previews.

Applies to:
PowerPoint 2003