Adobe Presenter 6

Create and edit themes

The primary way to design how presentations appear in the Presenter viewer is through the use of themes. Themes serve as the “container” for your presentation, and let you add static images, colors, and sound to create dynamic and interactive presentations. You can add a theme at any time. Try using different themes until you achieve the right look you want. You can reuse the same theme for each presentation you create or design new themes.

Presenter gives you many options for customizing colors, tabs, functionality, graphics, font style, and other design elements of a theme.

Examples of customizable themes

Select a presentation theme

The default theme assigned to presentations is Sage, but you can change the theme at any time.

  1. In PowerPoint, open a presentation (PPT file).
  2. From the Adobe Presenter menu, select Theme Editor.

    The Theme Editor dialog box appears.

  3. From the Theme Name pop‑up menu, select a theme.

    The preview window displays the new theme.

  4. Change theme options as desired.
  5. Click OK to close the Theme Editor.

Create a custom theme

You can create a custom theme by selecting one of the default themes, making changes, and saving the new theme with a different name. For example, you can start with the theme, Sage, change the font color to dark green, and then save the new theme as Sage Modified. After you create a custom theme, it appears in the Theme name pop‑up menu and can be used with other presentations.

  1. In PowerPoint, open a presentation (PPT file).
  2. From the Adobe Presenter menu, select Theme Editor.

    The Theme Editor dialog box appears.

  3. Make changes as desired. For instance, click Text Labels to change the text in different areas of the theme, or click Change Theme Colors to select custom colors for the font and background.
  4. Click the Save as button and specify a name for the new theme.
  5. Click OK.

    The new theme appears in the Theme Name pop‑up menu in the Theme Editor and can be used when publishing presentations.

Change text labels in a theme

Text labels are the words that appear in a theme, such as button text and tab names. You can edit text labels in a theme at any time.

Note: The column heading text “Slide Title” and “Duration” cannot be changed.
  1. In PowerPoint, open a presentation (PPT file).
  2. From the Adobe Presenter menu, select Theme Editor.

    The Theme Editor dialog box appears.

  3. Click the Text Labels button.
  4. Click the Language pop‑up menu and select a language for the text labels.
    Note: Presentations detect the language of a user’s operating system and automatically display the text labels in the user’s native language if their computer’s language is set to German, French, Korean, or Japanese. Otherwise, English text labels appear.
  5. As necessary, change the text labels for any element of the presentation theme. For example, you can change the text that displays on buttons or panes.
  6. Click OK.

    The theme preview on the right side of the Theme Editor dialog box is updated to reflect your choices.

  7. Click OK.

Change theme colors

You can change the colors that appear in a theme, including the background color and glow color. You can also specify a background image to use in a theme.

  1. In PowerPoint, open a presentation (PPT file).
  2. From the Adobe Presenter menu, select Theme Editor.

    The Theme Editor dialog box appears.

  3. Click the Change Theme Colors button. To change a color, click once on any of the color bars. You can change any of the following color options:
    Theme Color
    Click this color bar to change the color of the theme sidebar and toolbar.

    Glow Color
    Click this color bar to change the color that appears when users hover their mouse over slides in the Outline pane and thumbnail images in the Thumb pane.

    Font Color
    Click this color bar to change the color of the text in the theme.

    Background Color
    Click this color bar to change the color of the background area that appears behind the slides, sidebar, and toolbar.

    Background Image
    Click the Browse button  to navigate to an image file (in JPG format) to use as the background. The background is the area that appears behind the slides, sidebar, and toolbar.

  4. Click OK.

    The theme preview on the right side of the Theme Editor dialog box is updated to reflect your choices.

  5. Click OK.

Delete a theme

You can delete a custom theme at any time, however, the default themes included with Presenter, such as Sage and Sapphire, cannot be removed.

  1. In PowerPoint, open a presentation (PPT file).
  2. From the Adobe Presenter menu, select Theme Editor.

    The Theme Editor dialog box appears.

  3. From the Theme Name pop‑up menu, select the theme you want to remove.
  4. Click Delete.
  5. A confirmation dialog box appears. Click Yes.
  6. Click OK.

Show and hide theme panes

Panes appear in the sidebar of a theme. The default location of the sidebar is on the right side, but the location can be changed. You can select which panes appear in the theme and which are hidden. For example, you might want to include the Outline and Search panes, but hide the Thumbnail and Notes panes.

  1. In PowerPoint, open a presentation (PPT file).
  2. From the Adobe Presenter menu, select Theme Editor.

    The Theme Editor dialog box appears.

  3. In the General Options area on the left, select the panes that should appear and deselect the panes you want to hide.

    The theme preview on the right side updates to reflect your choices.

  4. Click OK.

Set a default theme pane

Panes are part of a theme and appear in the sidebar. If you have more than one pane in a theme, the panes are layered on top of one another with a tab at the top containing the name of the pane. You can select the pane that appears in front of the others. If you are displaying all of the panes, select from Outline, Thumbnail, Notes, and Search.

  1. In PowerPoint, open a presentation (PPT file).
  2. From the Adobe Presenter menu, select Theme Editor.

    The Theme Editor dialog box appears.

  3. From the Panes pop‑up menu, select the pane that should appear by default when the presentation appears.

    The theme preview on the right side is updated to reflect your choices.

  4. Click OK.

Choose a location for the sidebar

The sidebar in a theme contains presenter information, panes such as Outline and Search, and presentation timing information. You can position the sidebar on the right (default) or left side of the theme.

  1. In PowerPoint, open a presentation (PPT file).
  2. From the Adobe Presenter menu, select Theme Editor.

    The Theme Editor dialog box appears.

  3. From the Location of Layout pop‑up menu, select Left or Right.

    The theme preview on the right side is updated to reflect your choices.

  4. Click OK.

Set presenter options for a theme

You can select exactly which presenter options appear in a theme. For example, you might want the presenter name and photo to appear, but not a biography (bio) or contact information.

  1. In PowerPoint, open a presentation (PPT file).
  2. From the Adobe Presenter menu, select Theme Editor.

    The Theme Editor dialog box appears.

  3. In the Presenter Options area, select the options to include in your theme:
    Presenter Photo
    Select to include a presenter photo in the published presentation.

    Presenter Name
    Select to include the presenter's name in the published presentation.

    Presenter Logo
    Select to include a logo in the published presentation.

    Presenter Bio
    Select to include a link to a presenter biography.

    Presenter Contact Information
    Select to include a link to presenter contact information such as a phone number or e‑mail address.

    Presenter Title
    Select to include the presenter’s title, such as Director of Human Resources.

    The theme preview on the right side is updated to reflect your choices.

  4. Click OK.