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Theme Fonts in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac

Explore Theme Fonts in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac.


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Product/Version: PowerPoint 2016 for Mac

OS: Mac OS X



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In PowerPoint, any Theme applied brings to the table several unique facts such as Theme Fonts, Theme Colors, and Theme Effects. And also, Slide Layouts, Backgrounds, etc. When you apply another Theme to your PowerPoint presentation, the changes reflect in all slides in the presentation. Yes, the change is complete, and thus the resulting slides all look consistent.

Figure 1 below shows examples of the same slide. These are not four different slides in the same presentation, but the same slide with four different Themes applied. Note that all the slides differ. You will see distinct colors, fonts, and effects applied in each of them. Yet, the text content (outline) is still the same.

Variations of the same slide with different Themes applied
Figure 1: Variations of the same slide with different Themes applied

In this tutorial, our focus is primarily on Theme Fonts. We'll explore how Theme Fonts work in your presentation. Let's begin with discussing what Theme Fonts are? Theme Fonts are pre-decided pairs of fonts: one of these fonts is used for titles (known as the Headings font), and other font is used for everything else (known as the Body font).

When you select any text in your PowerPoint presentation, and then access the Fonts list in the Home tab of the Ribbon, you'll notice the Headings and Body fonts within the Theme Fonts section, right at the top of the Fonts drop-down gallery, as shown highlighted in blue within Figure 2, below.

Heading and Body fonts being displayed within the Fonts drop-down list
Figure 2: Heading and Body fonts being displayed within the Fonts drop-down list

Note that you are not limited to use the default Theme Fonts for your presentation. You can always scroll down the Fonts drop-down list and select another font for any individual text object. But doing so will override the active Theme Fonts of your presentation. For that matter, you are not even limited to the default Theme Fonts associated with the active Theme applied to the presentation. There are many ready-to-use Theme Font sets available within PowerPoint 2016 for Mac that you can switch to. Follow these steps to learn more:

  1. Create a new presentation and apply a Theme to it, or open an existing presentation which has a Theme applied. For this tutorial we have created a new presentation and applied the Main Event Theme, as shown in Figure 3 below. You can apply any Theme of your choice.
  2. Presentation with a Theme applied
    Figure 3: Presentation with a Theme applied
  3. Navigate to Design tab of the Ribbon, hover the mouse cursor over the Variants group. Then, click More button that appears, as shown highlighted in blue within Figure 4.
  4. Fonts drop-down gallery
    Figure 4: Fonts drop-down gallery
  5. This brings up the Variants drop-down gallery, as shown in Figure 5. Within the Variants drop-down gallery choose Fonts option to open a sub-gallery (refer to Figure 5 again). Within the Fonts sub-gallery you will find the list of Fonts that you can use to replace the existing Theme Fonts. Click the Font of your choice. We selected Arial Black Font, as shown highlighted in blue within Figure 5.
  6. Arial Black Font set being selected
    Figure 5: Arial Black Font set being selected
  7. This will change the Theme Font set for your presentation slides, as shown in Figure 6 (compare with Figure 3, above). Note that the overall Theme is not changed. The slide still sports the same layout, colors, effects, etc. It's just the fonts that have changed.
  8. Theme Font changed
    Figure 6: Theme Font changed
  9. Now, select some text and then access the Fonts list in the Home tab of the Ribbon. You'll see that the Headings and Body fonts within the Theme Fonts section, right at the top of the Fonts drop-down gallery are now changed, as shown highlighted in blue within Figure 7, below. Compare it with Figure 2, above.
  10. Changed Headings and Body fonts
    Figure 7: Changed Headings and Body fonts
  11. Save your presentation often.

See Also:

Theme Fonts: Theme Fonts in PowerPoint (Index Page)

Theme Fonts in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows
Theme Fonts in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows
Theme Fonts in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac
Theme Fonts in PowerPoint 2010 and 2007 for Windows
Theme Fonts in PowerPoint 2008 for Mac

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