In the Microsoft Office 2011 14.7.7 Update volume window, double-click the Office 2011 14.7.7 Update application to start the update process, and then follow the instructions on the screen. If the installation finishes successfully, you can remove the update installer from your hard disk.
Haven’t you seen the Themes that PowerPoint shows you when you want to create a new presentation? These Themes show up in the Presentation Gallery and also within the Themes drop down galleries within PowerPoint. Where are those Themes located? Many times, you want to know why this information is not as easily accessible as it should have been. Luckily, we will try and solve this problem.
We will look at where the built-in Themes are located. If you want to find the location where your custom Themes and templates are saved, explore our Where Are Custom Office Themes and Templates Saved page.
- Follow these steps to access the Themes: Access the Macintosh HD:Applications folder. Locate the Microsoft PowerPoint icon, as shown in Figure 1, below. Now Ctrl + click (or right-click) this icon, and choose the Show Package Contents option in the resultant menu, as shown in Figure 2, below.
- The modern, polished layouts go beyond mere backgrounds, fonts, and bullets: they contain matching charts, diagrams, tables, and other data visualization elements. The template can be opened and edited in MS PowerPoint for Mac 2011 or later as well as MS PowerPoint for Windows 2007 or later.
Where Are Built-in Office Themes Located?
Depending upon where you installed Microsoft Office, the built-in Themes may be located in almost maze-like hidden subfolders! By default, this translates to these folder locations:
Office 365 on Windows 10
Office 2019 on Windows 10
Office 2016 on Windows 10, 8, and 7
Multiple locations may contain Themes installed with Microsoft Office on Windows:
- C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeRootDocument Themes 16
- C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeDocument Themes 16
- C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft OfficeRootDocument Themes 16
- C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft OfficeDocument Themes 16
- C:Users˂Username˃AppDataRoamingMicrosoftTemplatesLiveContent16ManagedDocument Themes˂LocaleID˃
- C:Users˂Username˃AppDataRoamingMicrosoftTemplatesLiveContent16UserDocument Themes˂LocaleID˃
- C:Users˂Username˃AppDataRoamingMicrosoftTemplatesLiveContent16ManagedDocument Themes˂LocaleID˃
<UserName> translates to your user name, as in the user name you use to log in to Windows, whereas LocaleID is the language code for your version of Microsoft Windows. You can find a list of Locale IDs here.
Office 365 on macOS (Newer Versions)
Macintosh HD:Applications:Microsoft Office 2011:Office:Media:Office Themes
Office 2019 and 2016 on macOS (Also, older versions of Office 365)
Funnily enough, you cannot find any Themes anywhere within an Office 2019 or 2016 installation. Follow these steps to access the Themes:
- Access the Macintosh HD:Applications folder. Locate the Microsoft PowerPoint icon, as shown in Figure 1, below.
Figure 1: Microsoft PowerPoint icon- Now Ctrl + click (or right-click) this icon, and choose the Show Package Contents option in the resultant menu, as shown in Figure 2, below.
Figure 2: Show Package Contents- You will now see the innards of the PowerPoint application! Browse to the Contents:Resources:Office Themes folder, where you will find all the Themes you have been looking for (see Figure 3 below).
Figure 3: Office Themes folder
Office 2013 on Windows 10, 8, and 7
Multiple locations may contain the Themes installed with the program:
- C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeRootDocument Themes 15
- C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeDocument Themes 15
- C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft OfficeRootDocument Themes 15
- C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft OfficeDocument Themes 15
- C:Users˂Username˃AppDataRoamingMicrosoftTemplatesLiveContent15UserDocument Themes˂LocaleID˃
- C:Users˂Username˃AppDataRoamingMicrosoftTemplatesLiveContentManagedDocument Themes˂LocaleID˃
- C:Users˂Username˃AppDataRoamingMicrosoftTemplatesLiveContent15ManagedDocument Themes˂LocaleID˃
<UserName> translates to your user name, as in the user name you use to log in to Windows, whereas LocaleID is the language code for your version of Microsoft Windows. You can find a list of Locale IDs here.
Office 2011 on macOS
Macintosh HD:Applications:Microsoft Office:Office:Media:Templates:Office Themes
Office 2010 on Windows 8, 7, Vista, and XP
C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeDocument Themes 14
Office 2008 on macOS
Macintosh HD:Applications:Microsoft Office:Office:Media:Templates:Office Themes
Office 2007 on Windows 8, 7, Vista, and XP
C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeDocument Themes 12
Note: These paths assume that you installed to your C drive (on Windows) or the Macintosh HD drive (on Mac OS X). If you installed to another drive, you will substitute the drive in your path. Also, you may have changed the name of your Microsoft Office folder to Microsoft Office 2016 or a similar name for other versions of Microsoft Office. In that case, your paths may differ on account of different folder names.
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