I've used MS office for many years now. Especially powerpoint. One of the strengths is that it defines and separates the concepts of template and theme. A theme can be saved and contains fonts, colours, and a set of images that can be reused every time you create a new presentation. This ensures that everyone in your organization uses exactly the same colours and fonts all the time. Now I know that you can download templates for LibreOffice, but I have not seen anything similar to the theme concept. The file extensions used in MS office are the following for the two concepts mentioned:
- Example Powerpoint template file name: mytemplate.pptx
- Example Powerpoint theme file name: mytheme.thmx
Now back to my question: Do these concepts and their separation exist in LibreOffice or OpenOffice? If so, how do I create them?
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Yes, there is.
First create what you want your slide to look like, with the colours and fonts all correct. Then go to File -> Templates -> Save.
Give it a name, then click OK. The window will disappear. Then go to File -> Templates -> Organize.
A new window will open. Double click on the My Templates folder (on the left), then select by clicking the template you just made.
Click on Commands -> Set as Default Whenever you open a new LibreOffice Impress file, all the fonts / shapes / colours that you've set just now will be configured.
If you then send these instructions, along with the Impress template (saved in /home/USERNAME/Templates) to everyone else who need the style, you will all be using the same one.
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