UPDATE: If you have PowerPoint 2016 for Mac please check here on how to update theme fonts: If you have PowerPoint 2011 please see below: I wanted to create a custom Font Theme for a presentation template I was building but PowerPoint didn't have an option to create one. I was using a Mac and Office 2011 so i couldn't download the Theme Builder. If you are on a PC you can download the theme builder here: Powerpoint allows users to create their own custom Colour Themes - which was handy but not what I wanted to change. Anyway after a bit of research into XML files I found a way to create a custom Font Theme. To do this for yourself you will need to know a little XML and you will need an XML editor of some sort. I used Komodo Edit, you can download it from their website here: I have created a video to walk through of the Steps below, sorry there is no sound: Step 1 You need a current Font Theme XML file. You can copy the code below and paste it into your XML editor and create your own XML file OR You can do a search for 'office 2.xml' in the applications folder OR You can go to: Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Media/Office Themes/Theme Fonts/Office 2.xml Copy the file on to your desktop, this will ensure you still have the original file if you make a mistake.

Launch Font Book, a Mac OS application. This displays all fonts on the computer. Vlookup excel for mac. Choose Add Fonts from the file menu and select the font you want to install. A few notes about PowerPoint and Keynote using custom fonts on the Mac OS: PowerPoint and Keynote can use TrueType (TTF), OpenType (OTF), and PostScript (PS) formats. The Mac OS fonts. Sometimes the fonts in a PowerPoint presentation change when viewed on a different computer. When you run a PowerPoint presentation on a computer that doesn't have the fonts used in the presentation, the computer substitutes what it decides is a similar font, often with unexpected.

Here is the XML file you can copy, when using Komodo Edit create a new File from Template and select XML file: Step 2 You can now edit the XML. You will only need to edit two parts: Change ' Calibri' to the font you wish to use for the Heading text. How to format a thumb drive for osx. AND Change ' Cambria' to the font you wish to use for the Body text. Step 3 Save your XML Font Theme to: [your username]/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office/User Templates/My Themes/Theme Fonts Step 4 Now when you open PowerPoint you will see your custom Font Theme available. You can see the one I created shown in the screenshot below.