Providing theme variations in a user interface

摘要

A presentation program provides a graphical user interface that includes a theme gallery and a theme variation gallery. Users can apply a theme to a slide by selecting a theme thumbnail image. Once selected, a corresponding set of theme variations are indicated in the theme variation gallery using theme variation thumbnail images. Users can apply the desired theme variation by selecting the theme variation thumbnail image. Once selected, the theme variation is applied to the slide. A theme variation family identifier is stored in the slide file that allows subsequent identification of the theme, and allows a presentation program to subsequently identify theme variations for display on the theme variation gallery. A file structure is identified that allows backwards compatibility so that a presentation file of a slide with theme variations can be opened by an earlier version of a presentation program that does not implement theme variations.

主权项

1. A computer implemented method for processing a file comprising a slide by a presentation program comprising:
reading, by a computing device, the file comprising the slide from a memory; identifying, by the computing device, a theme family identifier value stored in the file associated with the slide; ascertaining, by the computing device, a theme family based on the theme family identifier value, the theme family comprising a collection of themes related in a graphical manner; and presenting, by the computing device, a graphical user interface comprising
a theme gallery comprising a plurality of theme templates, wherein each theme template represents a theme from the theme family, said theme comprising a combination of at least a color palette and at least one background graphic, anda theme variation gallery comprising a first plurality of theme variation templates, wherein each theme variation template represents a variation in the theme family, and wherein each theme template and each theme variation template being represented by a different thumbnail image, wherein a current theme template and a current theme variation template are determined based on the theme family identifier value, and wherein the current theme template and the current theme variation template are presented in the graphical user interface in the theme gallery and the theme variation gallery, respectively.