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Report themes

Style your exported reports with custom colors, fonts, logos, and slide layouts. Upload a PowerPoint template and SMAQ extracts everything automatically.

A report theme controls how your exported reports look — cover page, fonts, chart colors, body text style, slide layouts. Themes apply at the project level (every new report uses the project default) and can be overridden per-report.

[Screenshot needed] Report Theme settings page with a custom theme uploaded, preview panel on the right showing a cover slide.

Two ways to set a theme

Option A — Upload a PowerPoint template (recommended)

  1. Build (or use) a .pptx template in PowerPoint with:

    • Your brand cover slide

    • Title-only, title + content, and section-divider layouts

    • Color scheme set in Slide Master

    • Default fonts and chart styles

  2. Go to Settings → Report Theme.

  3. Click Upload template, select your .pptx.

  4. SMAQ extracts:

    • Color palette (primary, secondary, accent)

    • Fonts (heading, body)

    • Logo from the cover slide

    • Slide layouts

  5. Save.

[Screen video needed] Uploading a custom .pptx template and watching SMAQ extract colors/fonts/layouts into the theme preview. ~60 seconds.

The advantage: your branding is consistent with the existing PowerPoint templates your team already uses elsewhere.

Option B — Pick from built-in themes

If you don't have a template:

  1. Settings → Report Theme.

  2. Pick from the built-in theme list.

  3. Optionally customize the primary/secondary colors with the color pickers.

  4. Save.

Per-report theme override

You can switch themes for a single report without changing the project default:

  1. Open the report.

  2. Click Theme in the report header.

  3. Pick a different theme (built-in or any other uploaded template).

  4. Apply.

Useful when one client needs a different look from your project's default.

What gets themed

  • Cover slide layout and content

  • Heading and body text fonts + sizes

  • Chart color palette (line, bar, etc.)

  • Table styles (header rows, alternating row colors)

  • Section divider slides

  • Footer / page number style

What doesn't get themed

  • Image content (SMAQ doesn't replace images in your template — you control those).

  • Slide-specific custom layouts unique to your template (SMAQ supports the standard layout set).

  • Animations or transitions.

Tips

  • Test your template before relying on it. Generate a report immediately after upload — confirm fonts render, colors apply, and the cover slide looks right.

  • Use Slide Master colors. SMAQ extracts from Slide Master. If you've manually colored individual shapes, extraction may miss those.

  • Keep the template simple. Three colors, two fonts, four layouts — enough for most decks.

Troubleshooting

  • Fonts wrong after upload — SMAQ falls back to web-safe fonts if your template uses fonts that aren't available. Use system fonts (Arial, Calibri, Inter, Roboto, etc.) for portability.

  • Colors look off — SMAQ extracts theme colors only, not direct shape fills. Define your palette in Slide Master → Color Theme.

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