The backgrounds for the slide are the best. Ready-made Powerpoint Presentation Themes

            One of the key points in creating a presentation using microsoft programs  PowerPoint, is the choice of topics. A theme is an opportunity to give the whole presentation a unified design and a suitable style. Moreover, Microsoft allows you to use the same fonts, background and different effects not only within the Powerpoint program, but also in other applications like Excel, Word and Outlook. This not only simplifies the work, but allows you to create one style for all documents, presentations, books and emails.

You can select a theme in Powerpoint 2007 and in the 2010 version with just one click of the mouse, for this you need to open the Slide Designer and select the section Design Templates. It should be noted that in different versions of the package, the methods for choosing themes, and the themes themselves, have somewhat changed, for example, in PowerPoint 2010, in order to select a theme, you need to go to the Collections section. But the essence was the same: in just one click, we can completely change appearance  presentations.

Color in general plays a very large role in the presentation and perception of the material, this has been repeatedly proved by various learned psychologists. That is why, in version 2010, special emphasis was placed on the color palette and combination of text and background colors, unlike version 2003, where more attention was paid to correctly marking and distributing text parts, graphic illustrations and diagrams on the slide.

It should also be noted that in the application itself there are only a few basic topics. The standard list can be significantly increased by downloading for free one of the packs we offer for MS Powerpoint 2007, 2010 and even 2003.

How to download individual topics

Packs of topics are divided into three parts, each of which is a separate set. In pack 2, all themes are animated. Each archive is quite voluminous and contains a selection of several dozen templates. Download separate template can  through yadi.sk using file browsing.

Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Update popular application  for creating multimedia presentations various types. This version of the program received new opportunities for joint work on projects, a convenient and functional interface, and even more tools for creating high-quality and interesting slides.

Like all earlier versions, the application is part of the complex Microsoft Officehowever, if you do not need its other components and you only need a program for creating presentations, you have the opportunity to download PowerPoint 2010 separately, as a standalone product.

The direct relationship of the program with the Office suite ensures its full interconnection with other components. So, you can export and import data between applications without any difficulties.

New PowerPoint 2010 Features and Tools

  1. As with all other components of Office 2010, the familiar Microsoft button has been replaced with a Backstage view. Now it’s even easier to manage presentations, save, send to print, configure co-editing options and get detailed information about them.
  2. Significantly improved in PowerPoint 2010, the function of working together on a presentation allows several authors to make edits and create slides of one project at the same time. At the same time, the file is not blocked for modification by other users.
  3. Configurable option to save changes. At the time of saving, several versions of the document are created, while you can always return to an earlier version of the presentation in case of accidental saving of unwanted changes.
  4. The access to the SharePoint server introduced in PowerPoint 2010 allows you to work with the presentation anywhere, while saving changes occurs instantly, thereby avoiding data loss.
  5. Support for full functionality to work on mobile devices  under running windows  Phone 7.
  6. New features for editing and using photos and videos. In this issue, videos have become an integral part of the presentation and are saved in it when you move the file. You can also use videos from the web (such as YouTube) by adding a link to the video. In addition, tools for video editing, overlays and text synchronization, color adjustments, bookmarking became available. To work with drawings, you can apply updated options: shadows, borders, glow, smoothing, reliefs, turns, displays, background removal and ready-made filters for creating graphic effects.
  7. An expanded selection of refined, smooth animated transitions to create dynamic slides.
  8. New features for shapes and SmartArt objects in PowerPoint 2010 allow you to create unique structures, filling out information for its visibility and easier perception.
  9. Share finished presentation  just got easier! The ability to convert slide shows to video allows you to combine all the components of the presentation into a single file without loss of quality. Using this method of saving the project, you can share the presentation by attaching it to an email, burning it to a disc for playback on DVD, saving to cloud storage  with the ability to download the video at the right time. When saving a presentation to a video, you have access to customizable options for file size and image quality.

The above list of features and innovations is not exhaustive. Each user will find for themselves irreplaceable options and tools. The ability to download Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 for free makes this presentation tool one of the most common among users around the world.

Despite the rather extensive functionality, the application is quite undemanding to technical specifications  devices:

  • processor with a frequency of 500 MHz;
  • volume random access memory  at least 256 MB (when working with video, RAM from 512 MB is required);
  • at least 1.5 GB of free memory on your hard drive.

There are several ways to add templates to your presentation.

The first way. Choose from the Design tab


If the computer is connected to the Internet, then you can take advantage of additional features that provides Microsoft Corporation  - Download a lot of useful materials - New templates, presentations (for example, already finished " Geography Quiz", which you see in the screenshot), cards, diagrams, individual slides with backgrounds of various subjects, class schedules, calendars, certificates and much more.


Pay attention to the search bar at the top of the window. This is an amazingly convenient thing for finding the necessary templates. Here you can set the search terms by color or category. For example, if you enter the word "business", then you will see more than 200 ready-made templates for business presentations.

Take your time and carefully study all the proposed options. This is a real klondike of the most useful things for creating high-quality, beautiful and interesting presentations.

The third way. Third-party templates

Use ready-made professional or amateur PowerPoint templates. For example, download themes for PowerPoint 2007 from our free presentation templates.

It's no secret that many users when creating a presentation prefer to look for unique templates. After all, no one wants to present their work on exactly the same template that the previous speakers spoke.