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Change or remove a theme in Office for Mac

Change or remove a theme in Office for Mac

A theme is a combination of theme colors and theme fonts. All documents contain a theme. The default is the Office theme, which has a plain background and limited colors.

Which Office program are you using?

Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Word

Change from the current theme to another theme

On the Design tab, click Themes,

Themes button

and then click the theme that you want.

Click a theme on the design tab

Tip: Themes work together with styles. To see theme changes, make sure that you have applied styles to headings and body text.

Change colors, fonts, or backgrounds to change the look of a theme

Theme colors help to ensure that different elements in the document coordinate with each other and contribute to a unified look. Themes use different colors for elements in a document, such as fonts, color fills in tables, charts, shapes, or lines. Themes work more effectively when text is formatted by applying styles. For more information about how to apply a style, see Customize styles in Word for Mac.

Use a different set of colors for a document

On the Design tab, click Colors, and then click the theme color that you want.

Design page Color's button

Color options when you click the Colors button

Change the fonts throughout a document

If you want to change the fonts throughout a document, there is an easier way than selecting all the text and changing the font. You can change the fonts for all headings and body text in one step.

  • On the Design tab, click Fonts, and then click the font palette that you want.

    Design tab fonts button

Change the background color of a document

  • On the Design tab, click Page Color, and then click the color that you want.

    Page color button

    Tip: To coordinate with other theme elements — such as fonts, SmartArt, and chart colors — select a theme color.

Use a picture as a document background

A picture, such as a logo, that is used as a background is also known as a watermark.

  1. On the Design tab, click Watermark.

    Design tab Watermark button

  2. Click Picture.

  3. Click Select Picture, and then locate the picture that you want to use as a watermark.

  4. Select the options that you want.

    Tips: 

    • If the picture watermark makes it difficult to read the text, select Washout to lighten the picture.

    • You can use the Scale pop-up menu to change the size of the picture watermark.

    You can also add text as a background by clicking Text, typing some text, and choosing font, size, color, orientation, and transparency.

Watermark choices

For best results

A theme is a collection of specific fonts and colors. When any of these elements is formatted manually, that formatting overrides the theme. For example, if your document uses the Arial font and you manually format some of the text as Garamond, reapplying or changing the theme will not affect the text that is Garamond.

To return manually formatted elements to the theme settings, see the following steps.

Make your text use the theme font

Each theme has two sets of fonts, one for headings and another for body text. If your text is a heading, use the Theme Headings font. Otherwise, use the Theme Body font.

  1. Select the text that you want to change to a theme font.

  2. On the Home tab, under Font, click the arrow next to the font box.

  3. To change text to a theme font, under Theme Fonts, click the Headings font or the Body font.

    A check mark shows that the Headings font or the Body font is selected

    Home tab fonts options

Remove a theme

In Word, all documents must contain a theme. Therefore, you can't actually remove a theme, but you can apply a different theme. If your goal is to display very little or no color in your document (a plain look), apply the default Office theme.

  1. On the View menu, click Print Layout.

  2. On the Design tab, click Themes, and then click the Office theme.

    Click a theme on the design tab

    If the document still has a background color or picture that you want to remove

    1. Click the Design tab.

    2. Do one of the following:

    To remove

    Do this

    A picture or text

    Click Watermark, and then click No watermark.

    Background color

    Click Page Color, and then click No Color.

See also

Differences between templates, themes, and Word styles

PowerPoint

A theme is a combination of one or more slide layouts with coordinating theme colors, a matching background, theme fonts, and theme effects. All PowerPoint presentations have a theme. The default is the White theme. You can choose a theme when you start a new presentation, or apply a theme to all slides or a group of slides as you go.

Change from the current theme to another theme

On the Design tab, click the theme that you want.

PowerPoint themes

To see more themes, point to a theme, and then click the down arrow tab under the themes. .

PowerPoint Themes more themes

Change colors, fonts, or backgrounds to change the look of a theme

You can create a totally new look for a presentation by changing the color palette. The color palette affects the colors of shapes, text, SmartArt objects, backgrounds, and design elements. Changes are more obvious if you first apply a theme that is not White or Black.

Change the color palette

On the Design tab, click a color palette from the right set of thumbnails

To see more colors, hover over a thumbnail, and click the down arrow tab.

PowerPoint themes

Click Colors, and then click the color palette that you want.

Click for more color options on themes

Change the fonts throughout a presentation

If you want to change the fonts throughout a presentation, there is an easier way than selecting all the text on each slide and changing the font. You can change the fonts for all headings and body text in a presentation in one step.

  1. On the Design tab, hover over a color palette from the right set of thumbnails, and then click the down arrow tab.

  2. Click Fonts, and then click the font that you want.

    The fonts option for themes

Change the slide background for all slides

  1. On the Design tab, hover over a color palette from the right set of thumbnails, click the down arrow, and then click Background Styles.

    Getting to background style options

  2. Click the background style that you want.

    Notes: 

    • For more background options, click Format Background.

    • To remove a background, on the Themes tab, under Theme Options, click Background, and then click the white background.

Use a picture as a slide background

  1. On the Design tab, click Background Format.

  2. On the pop-up menu, click Format Background.

  3. In the sidebar, click Fill, and then click the Picture or Texture tab.

  4. Click Choose Picture, find the picture that you want to use as a background, and then click Insert.

    Tip: To fade the picture so that it better serves as a background image, move the Transparency slider to the right. Or, to use a smaller version of the picture as a repeating background image, select the Tile check box.

  5. When you select a background format, it will change the selected slide or slides.

    To use the same background on all slides, click Apply to All.

  6. To undo your changes, click Reset Background.

Settring the background format

For best results

A theme is a collection of specific fonts and colors. When any of these elements is formatted manually, that formatting overrides the theme. For example, if your document uses the Arial font and you manually format some of the text as Garamond, reapplying or changing the theme will not affect the text that is Garamond.

To return manually formatted elements to the theme settings, see the following steps.

Make your text use the theme font

Each theme has two sets of fonts, one for headings and another for body text. If your text is a heading, use the Theme Headings font. Otherwise, use the Theme Body font.

  1. Select the text that you want to change to a theme font.

  2. On the Home tab, under Font, click the arrow next to the font box.

  3. To change text to a theme font, under Theme Fonts, click the Headings font or the Body font.

    A check mark shows that the Headings font or the Body font is selected

    Home tab fonts options

Restore theme layouts

If you apply a theme and some slides do not change to theme layouts, the layouts were probably changed manually. For example, if you move a heading to a different place on the slide or change the position of a table, those items have manually formatted layouts that do not change when the theme changes.

  1. Click the item that you want to restore to the theme layout, such as a repositioned heading.

  2. On the Home tab, and then click Reset.

    Reset button on the home ribbon

Change the theme of selected slides

Sometimes a presentation contains a slide or two that does not work well with some themes. For example, if you have a diagram or flow chart that takes up most of the slide, you might not want design elements or background colors to take up room or to distract from the rest of the slide.

  1. Hold down COMMAND and in the navigation pane, click the slides you want to change the theme on.

  2. On the View menu, click Normal if not selected already.

  3. On the Design tab, point to the theme that you want, hold down CONTROL, and then click Apply to Selected Slides.

    Drop down menu with Apply to selection highlighted

    To see more themes, point to a theme, and then click More Down Arrow .

    Tip: To create the look of a blank slide, click the White theme.

Remove a theme

In PowerPoint, all presentations must contain a theme. Therefore, you can't actually remove a theme, but you can apply a different theme. If your goal is to display very little or no color in your presentation (a plain look), apply the White theme.

  1. On the Design tab, click White.

    PowerPoint themes

    To see more themes, point to a theme, and then click More Down Arrow .

See also

Customize and save a theme in PowerPoint for Mac

Differences between templates, themes, and Word styles

Set a default theme for your presentations

Excel

A theme is a combination of theme colors, theme fonts, and theme effects. All documents contain a theme. The default is the Office theme, which has a plain background and limited colors.

Change from the current theme to another theme

  1. On the Page Layout tab, click Themes, and then click the theme that you want.

    Themes button

Change colors, fonts, or backgrounds to change the look of a theme

Theme colors help to ensure that different elements in the document coordinate with each other and contribute to a unified look. Themes use different colors for elements in a workbook, such as color fills in tables, charts, shapes, or lines.

Use a different set of colors for a workbook

On the Page Layout tab, click Colors, and then click the theme color that you want.

Theme colors button on the layout tab

Color options when you click the Colors button

Change the fonts throughout a workbook

If you want to change the fonts throughout a document, there is an easier way than selecting all the text and changing the font. You can change the fonts for all headings and body text in one step.

  • On the Page Layout tab, click Fonts, and then click the font palette that you want.

    Theme fonts on the layout tab

For best results

A theme is a collection of specific fonts and colors. When any of these elements is formatted manually, that formatting overrides the theme. For example, if your document uses the Arial font and you manually format some of the text as Garamond, reapplying or changing the theme will not affect the text that is Garamond.

To return manually formatted elements to the theme settings, see the following steps.

Make your text use the theme font

Each theme has two sets of fonts, one for headings and another for body text. If your text is a heading, use the Theme Headings font. Otherwise, use the Theme Body font.

  1. Select the text that you want to change to a theme font.

  2. On the Home tab, under Font, click the arrow next to the font box.

  3. To change text to a theme font, under Theme Fonts, click the Headings font or the Body font.

    A check mark shows that the Headings font or the Body font is selected

    Home tab fonts options

Restore theme colors to chart elements

If you apply a theme and some chart elements do not change to theme colors, they probably have manual formats applied.

  1. Select the chart object for which you want to restore theme colors.

  2. On the Format tab, under Chart Element Styles, click the arrow next to Fill, and then click Automatic.

    Setting chart fill to Automatic

Restore the theme color to a SmartArt graphic

If you apply a theme and some parts of a SmartArt graphic do not change to theme colors, they probably have manual formats applied.

  1. Select the object for which you want to restore theme colors.

  2. On the Format tab, under Reset, click Reset to Match Style.

    Note: Reset Graphic also changes the positions of the shapes to match the original configuration.

    Rest to match style button

Remove a theme

In Excel, all workbooks must contain a theme. Therefore, you can't actually remove a theme, but you can apply a different theme. If your goal is to display very little or no color in your document (a plain look), apply the default Office theme.

On the Home tab, click Themes, and then click the Office theme.

Themes button

See also

Differences between templates, themes, and Word styles

Which Office program are you using?

Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Word

A theme is a combination of theme colors and theme fonts. All documents contain a theme. The default is the Office theme, which has a plain background and limited colors.

Change from the current theme to another theme

  1. On the Home tab, under Themes, click Themes, and then click the theme that you want.

    Home tab, Themes group

    Tip: Themes work together with styles. To see theme changes, make sure that you have applied styles to headings and body text.

Change colors, fonts, or backgrounds to change the look of a theme

Use a different set of colors for a document

Theme colors help to ensure that different elements in the document coordinate with each other and contribute to a unified look. Themes use different colors for elements in a document, such as fonts, color fills in tables, charts, shapes, or lines. Themes work more effectively when text is formatted by applying styles. For more information about how to apply a style, see Customize styles in Word for Mac.

  1. On the View menu, click Publishing Layout.

  2. On the Home tab, under Themes, click Colors, and then click the theme color that you want.

    Publishing Layout View Home tab, Themes group

Change the fonts throughout a document

If you want to change the fonts throughout a document, there is an easier way than selecting all the text and changing the font. You can change the fonts for all headings and body text in one step.

  1. On the View menu, click Publishing Layout.

  2. On the Themes tab, under Theme Options, click Fonts, and then click the font palette that you want.

    Publishing Layout View Home tab, Themes group

Change the background color of a document

  1. On the View menu, click Print Layout.

  2. On the Layout tab, under Page Background, click Color, and then click the color that you want.

    Tip: To coordinate with other theme elements — such as fonts, SmartArt, and chart colors — select a theme color.

Use a picture as a document background

A picture, such as a logo, that is used as a background is also known as a watermark.

  1. On the View menu, click Print Layout.

  2. On the Layout tab, under Page Background, click Watermark, and then click the color that you want.

  3. Click Picture.

  4. Click Select Picture, and then locate the picture that you want to use as a watermark.

  5. Select the options that you want.

    Tips: 

    • If the picture watermark makes it difficult to read the text, select Washout to lighten the picture.

    • You can use the Scale pop-up menu to change the size of the picture watermark.

For best results

A theme is a collection of specific fonts and colors. When any of these elements is formatted manually, that formatting overrides the theme. For example, if your document uses the Courier font and you manually format some of the text as Tahoma, reapplying or changing the theme will not affect the text that is Tahoma.

To return manually formatted elements to the theme settings, see the following steps.

Make your text use the theme font

Each theme has two sets of fonts, one for headings and another for body text. If your text is a heading, use the Theme Headings font. Otherwise, use the Theme Body font.

  1. Select the text that you want to change to a theme font.

  2. On the Home tab, under Font, click the arrow next to the font box.

  3. To change text to a theme font, click the Theme Headings font or the Theme Body font.

    A check mark shows that the Theme Headings font or the Theme Body font is selected

    Font pop-up menu

Remove a theme

In Word, all documents must contain a theme. Therefore, you can't actually remove a theme, but you can apply a different theme. If your goal is to display very little or no color in your document (a plain look), apply the default Office theme.

  1. On the View menu, click Print Layout.

  2. On the Home tab, under Themes, click Themes, and then click the Office theme.

    Home tab, Themes group

    If the document still has a background color or picture that you want to remove

    1. Click the Layout tab.

    2. Under Page Background, do one of the following:

    To remove

    Do this

    A picture

    Click Watermark, and then click No watermark.

    Background color

    Click Color, and then click No Fill.

See also

Differences between templates, themes, and Word styles

PowerPoint

A theme is a combination of one or more slide layouts with coordinating theme colors, a matching background, theme fonts, and theme effects. All PowerPoint presentations have a theme. The default is the White theme. You can choose a theme when you start a new presentation, or apply a theme to all slides or a group of slides as you go.

Change from the current theme to another theme

  1. On the Themes tab, under Themes, click the theme that you want.

    Themes tab, Themes group

    To see more themes, point to a theme, and then click More Down Arrow .

Change colors, fonts, or backgrounds to change the look of a theme

Change the color palette

You can create a totally new look for a presentation by changing the color palette. The color palette affects the colors of shapes, text, SmartArt objects, backgrounds, and design elements. Changes are more obvious if you first apply a theme that is not White or Black.

  • On the Themes tab, under Theme Options, click Colors, and then click the color palette that you want.

    Themes tab, Theme Options group

Change the fonts throughout a presentation

If you want to change the fonts throughout a presentation, there is an easier way than selecting all the text on each slide and changing the font. You can change the fonts for all headings and body text in a presentation in one step.

  • On the Themes tab, under Theme Options, click Fonts, and then click the font palette that you want.

    Themes tab, Theme Options group

Change the slide background for all slides

  1. On the Themes tab, under Theme Options, click Background.

    Themes tab, Theme Options group

  2. Click the background style that you want.

    Notes: 

    • For more background options, click Format Background.

    • To remove a background, on the Themes tab, under Theme Options, click Background, and then click the white background.

Use a picture as a slide background

  1. On the Themes tab, under Theme Options, click Background.

    Themes tab, Theme Options group

  2. On the pop-up menu, click Format Background.

  3. In the sidebar, click Fill, and then click the Picture or Texture tab.

  4. Click Choose Picture, find the picture that you want to use as a background, and then click Insert.

    Tip: To fade the picture so that it better serves as a background image, move the Transparency slider to the right. Or, to use a smaller version of the picture as a repeating background image, select the Tile check box.

  5. Do one of the following:

To apply changes to

Click

The current slide

Apply

All slides

Apply to All

For best results

A theme is a collection of specific fonts, colors and slide layout. When any of these elements is formatted manually, that formatting overrides the theme. For example, if your presentation uses the Courier font and you manually format some of the text as Tahoma, reapplying or changing the theme will not affect the text that is Tahoma.

To return manually formatted elements to the theme settings, see the following steps.

Make your text use the theme font

Each theme has two sets of fonts, one for headings and another for body text. If your text is a heading, use the Theme Headings font. Otherwise, use the Theme Body font.

  1. Select the text that you want to change to a theme font.

    Tip: You can hold down SHIFT to select more than one text box or object that contains text. If you cannot select an object or text on a slide, modify the slide master.

  2. On the Home tab, under Font, click the arrow next to the font box.

  3. To change text to a theme font, click the Theme Headings font or the Theme Body font.

    A check mark shows that the Theme Headings font or the Theme Body font is selected

    Font pop-up menu

Restore theme layouts

If you apply a theme and some slides do not change to theme layouts, the layouts were probably changed manually. For example, if you move a heading to a different place on the slide or change the position of a table, those items have manually formatted layouts that do not change when the theme changes.

  1. Click the item that you want to restore to the theme layout, such as a repositioned heading.

  2. On the Home tab, under Slides, click Layout, and then click Reset Layout to Default Settings.

    Home tab, Slides group

Change the theme of selected slides

Sometimes a presentation contains a slide or two that does not work well with some themes. For example, if you have a diagram or flow chart that takes up most of the slide, you might not want design elements or background colors to take up room or to distract from the rest of the slide.

  1. Hold down COMMAND and in the navigation pane, click the slides you want to change the theme on.

    How to select slides in the navigation pane

    1. On the View menu, click Normal.

    2. In the top of the navigation pane, click the Slides  Slides tab  tab, and then click a slide. Depending on the width of the navigation pane, you will either see the Slides named tab and Outline named tab  named tabs or the Slides  Slides tab and Outline  Outline tab icon tabs.

  2. On the Themes tab, under Themes, point to the theme that you want, hold down CONTROL , and then click Apply to Selected Slides.

    Themes tab, Themes group

    To see more themes, point to a theme, and then click More Down Arrow .

    Tip: To create the look of a blank slide, click the White theme.

Remove a theme

In PowerPoint, all presentations must contain a theme. Therefore, you can't actually remove a theme, but you can apply a different theme. If your goal is to display very little or no color in your presentation (a plain look), apply the White theme.

  1. On the Themes tab, under Themes, click White.

    Themes tab, Themes group

    To see more themes, point to a theme, and then click More Down Arrow .

See also

Customize and save a theme in PowerPoint for Mac

Differences between templates, themes, and Word styles

Set a default theme for your presentations

Excel

A theme is a combination of theme colors, theme fonts, and theme effects. All documents contain a theme. The default is the Office theme, which has a plain background and limited colors.

Change from the current theme to another theme

  1. On the Home tab, under Themes, click Themes, and then click the theme that you want.

    Excel Home tab, Themes group

Change colors, fonts, or backgrounds to change the look of a theme

Use a different set of colors for a workbook

Theme colors help to ensure that different elements in the document coordinate with each other and contribute to a unified look. Themes use different colors for elements in a workbook, such as color fills in tables, charts, shapes, or lines.

  • On the Home tab, under Themes, click Colors, and then click the theme color that you want.

    Publishing Layout View Home tab, Themes group

Change the fonts throughout a workbook

If you want to change the fonts throughout a document, there is an easier way than selecting all the text and changing the font. You can change the fonts for all headings and body text in one step.

  • On the Themes tab, under Theme Options, click Fonts, and then click the font palette that you want.

    Publishing Layout View Home tab, Themes group

For best results

A theme is a collection of specific fonts and colors. When any of these elements is formatted manually, that formatting overrides the theme. For example, if your spreadsheet uses the Calibri font and you manually format some of the text as Courier, reapplying or changing the theme will not affect the text that is Courier.

To return manually formatted elements to the theme settings, see the following steps.

Make your text use the theme font

Each theme has two sets of fonts, one for headings and another for body text. If your text is a heading, use the Theme Headings font. Otherwise, use the Theme Body font.

  1. Select the text that you want to change to a theme font.

  2. On the Home tab, under Font, click the arrow next to the font box.

  3. To change text to a theme font, click the Theme Headings font or the Theme Body font.

    A check mark shows that the Theme Headings font or the Theme Body font is selected

    Font pop-up menu

Restore theme colors to chart elements

If you apply a theme and some chart elements do not change to theme colors, they probably have manual formats applied.

  1. Select the chart object for which you want to restore theme colors.

  2. On the Format tab, under Chart Element Styles, click the arrow next to Fill, and then click Automatic.

    Chart Element Styles group

Restore the theme color to a SmartArt graphic

If you apply a theme and some parts of a SmartArt graphic do not change to theme colors, they probably have manual formats applied.

  1. Select the object for which you want to restore theme colors.

  2. On the Format tab, under Reset, click Reset Graphic.

    Note: Reset Graphic also changes the positions of the shapes to match the original configuration.

    Excel SmartArt tab, Reset group

Remove a theme

In Excel, all workbooks must contain a theme. Therefore, you can't actually remove a theme, but you can apply a different theme. If your goal is to display very little or no color in your document (a plain look), apply the default Office theme.

  1. On the Home tab, under Themes, click Themes, and then click the Office theme.

    Excel Home tab, Themes group

See also

Differences between templates, themes, and Word styles

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