What's changed in PowerPoint templates and what are themes?

So what is a PowerPoint template? What changed in PowerPoint 2007? When did Themes show up and how do I use them??? Joy Miller, a writer on the PowerPoint User Assistance team at Microsoft, has the answers and some useful demonstrations.

"To create color-coordinated slides with matching fonts and backgrounds in your next PowerPoint 2007 presentation, you should understand the difference between PowerPoint 2003 and earlier design templates and PowerPoint 2007 themes.. ..I've noticed that there seems to be some misunderstanding among PowerPoint 2007 users about how to give presentations a designer-quality look..."

Find the full article at (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/office-hours-what-happened-to-powerpoint-design-templates-and-what-are-themes-HA010237110.aspx).