Adding Backgrounds to Your Theme
Now let's customize our new theme to make it look great. Each theme is made up of layouts (where the text boxes, images, etc. sit on the slide) and backgrounds (usually solid colors, gradients, or images) and you can change everything. First let's add some backgrounds, here's how:
- Click the "Theme & Layouts" button in the lower-right to edit the current theme (so far we've been working in "Slides" mode, and you can return to this at any time by pressing the "Slides" button).
- We're going to begin by adding backgrounds, so click the "Backgrounds" button and the slide sorter will show you the single "White" background that was created automatically with your theme.
- We'd like something in addition to white, so click the "New Background" button and you will see a thumbnail for your new background appear in the sorter.
- You can change the name of your new background by double-clicking in the top-right, entering a name, and pressing ENTER.
- Let's set this background to a gradient by setting the Background Fill to "Gradient".
- You can customize your gradient by clicking the two color chips to select new colors as well as by adjusting the gradient angle (hold down the SHIFT key while you drag the angle to lock to 45 degree increments).
- Your background appears in the construction window, just like a slide would.
- We've also created a "Black" theme by setting its Background Fill to "Color" and choosing black.