Change color scheme to just one slide

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With PowerPoint 2002 I have followed the instructions on the HELP page, but I
cannot apply a color scheme change to just one slide -- even when I select it
on the left slides tab. What am I doing wrong?
 
Get to slide sorter view and select the single slide you want.

Click the space next to the color scheme thumbnail in the task pane and
choose Apply to Selected Slides.
 
That works when you use one of the standard schemes. I am trying to change
the fill on one slide at a time (via the "custom" tab in the "edit color
schemes" area). When I hit the "apply" button, it changes ALL of my slides.
When I try to "add as a standard scheme" (so that I could do as G.B.
suggested), it also changes all of my slides. Help?
 
This is an odd workaround, but it should do the trick.

Open a new, blank presentation. Modify the color scheme so that it's how you
want it.

Now make sure that you're in the normal view with the slide thumbnail
taskpane on the left -- or switch to slide sorter view. Do the same in the
presentation where you want to add the color scheme.

Now go to Windows/Arrange All so you can see the two side by side.

Choose the thumbnail of the slide with the correct color scheme. Click the
format painter tool on your standard toolbar. (looks like a paintbrush)

Then click on the thumbnail of the slide you want to change. The slide's
color scheme should change, and the color scheme should then become
available in your existing presentation. You may also get a new slide master
with that color scheme.

You might want to experiment with opening a *copy* of your existing
presentation, making the change to the color scheme and letting it apply to
all the slides then "painting" it (using format painter) to the specific
slide in the actual presentation file.
 
But then you have to click "apply" in order for it to stick. And when you
click apply, it applies to all the slides. At least, that's what it did for
me when I tried it yesterday. And it seems that that's the trouble the
poster is having.

You could create a new master based on an existing master (copy the existing
master and paste), then add a color scheme to that master and apply the new
master to the appropriate slide.

I should have mentioned that yesterday to the original poster, but I
obviously wasn't thinking!
 
What Echo S said worked! ...
You could create a new master based on an existing master (copy the existing
master and paste), then add a color scheme to that master and apply the new
master to the appropriate slide.
Click to expand...

Wow! So much more work than with older versions!

Nonetheless, THANK YOU!

Echo S said:
But then you have to click "apply" in order for it to stick. And when you
click apply, it applies to all the slides. At least, that's what it did for
me when I tried it yesterday. And it seems that that's the trouble the
poster is having.

You could create a new master based on an existing master (copy the existing
master and paste), then add a color scheme to that master and apply the new
master to the appropriate slide.

I should have mentioned that yesterday to the original poster, but I
obviously wasn't thinking!

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com


Geetesh Bajaj said:
Why don't you just create more standard color schemes?

When you choose the Custom tab in the Edit Color Schemes area, save that by
clicking the button that says "Add As Standard Scheme".


--
Geetesh Bajaj, Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
PowerPoint Notes: http://www.indezine.com/notes
Free Templates:
http://www.indezine.com/powerpoint/templates/freetemplates.html
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Glad to hear it.

It is more work, I agree. But the multiple masters we now have are *so* much
more powerful. I suspect they're the reason we have more work now wrt the
color schemes.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com


Aaargh! said:
What Echo S said worked! ...
You could create a new master based on an existing master (copy the existing
master and paste), then add a color scheme to that master and apply the new
master to the appropriate slide.
Click to expand...

Wow! So much more work than with older versions!

Nonetheless, THANK YOU!

Echo S said:
But then you have to click "apply" in order for it to stick. And when you
click apply, it applies to all the slides. At least, that's what it did for
me when I tried it yesterday. And it seems that that's the trouble the
poster is having.

You could create a new master based on an existing master (copy the existing
master and paste), then add a color scheme to that master and apply the new
master to the appropriate slide.

I should have mentioned that yesterday to the original poster, but I
obviously wasn't thinking!

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com


Geetesh Bajaj said:
Why don't you just create more standard color schemes?

When you choose the Custom tab in the Edit Color Schemes area, save
Click to expand...
that
by
clicking the button that says "Add As Standard Scheme".


--
Geetesh Bajaj, Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
PowerPoint Notes: http://www.indezine.com/notes
Free Templates:
http://www.indezine.com/powerpoint/templates/freetemplates.html




That works when you use one of the standard schemes. I am trying to
change
the fill on one slide at a time (via the "custom" tab in the "edit color
schemes" area). When I hit the "apply" button, it changes ALL of my
slides.
When I try to "add as a standard scheme" (so that I could do as G.B.
suggested), it also changes all of my slides. Help?

:

Get to slide sorter view and select the single slide you want.

Click the space next to the color scheme thumbnail in the task
Click to expand...
pane
and
choose Apply to Selected Slides.


--
Geetesh Bajaj, Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
PowerPoint Notes: http://www.indezine.com/notes
Free Templates:
http://www.indezine.com/powerpoint/templates/freetemplates.html






With PowerPoint 2002 I have followed the instructions on the HELP
page,
but I
cannot apply a color scheme change to just one slide -- even when I
select
it
on the left slides tab. What am I doing wrong?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Thank you for clarifying that, Echo.


--
Geetesh Bajaj, Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
PowerPoint Notes: http://www.indezine.com/notes
Free Templates:
http://www.indezine.com/powerpoint/templates/freetemplates.html



Echo S said:
But then you have to click "apply" in order for it to stick. And when you
click apply, it applies to all the slides. At least, that's what it did for
me when I tried it yesterday. And it seems that that's the trouble the
poster is having.

You could create a new master based on an existing master (copy the existing
master and paste), then add a color scheme to that master and apply the new
master to the appropriate slide.

I should have mentioned that yesterday to the original poster, but I
obviously wasn't thinking!

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com


Geetesh Bajaj said:
Why don't you just create more standard color schemes?

When you choose the Custom tab in the Edit Color Schemes area, save that by
clicking the button that says "Add As Standard Scheme".


--
Geetesh Bajaj, Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
PowerPoint Notes: http://www.indezine.com/notes
Free Templates:
http://www.indezine.com/powerpoint/templates/freetemplates.html




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