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Create a theme in PowerPoint that changes colors

August 12, 2009 by Ellen Finkelstein 1 Comment

When you place AutoShapes on the slide master in PowerPoint 2003 and then change the color scheme, those AutoShapes don’t change their color. Only AutoShapes that you place on a slide (as opposed to the slide master) change their color. However, in PowerPoint 2007 and 2010, when you place shapes on the slide master and […]

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Filed Under: Backgrounds & color Tagged With: AutoShapes, colors, theme

PowerPoint Tips: Turn AutoShapes into Pictures

December 12, 2001 by Ellen Finkelstein 2 Comments

Sometimes you may want to edit a diagram or AutoShape in a way that PowerPoint doesn’t allow. For example, you may have created a complex diagram, such as the flowchart you see here (or any combination of shapes and text). Now you need to make the entire diagram smaller or larger, including the text. Perhaps […]

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Filed Under: Images, Shapes & text boxes Tagged With: AutoShapes, background, graphics, pictures, PowerPoint

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