How to Create a Custom Theme in Excel – Tutorial

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Excel tutorial on how to make a custom theme in Excel. A custom theme is helpful when creating documents or presentations with specific requirements, such as branding elements you need to use.

Plus, once you create your theme, it will also be available in other applications of your Office Suite, such as Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.

We’ll create a new theme in 3 parts. We’ll:

1. create a custom color palette
2. save font combination and
3. choose effects for any objects we may use