Free · No upload · .pptx / .potx / .thmx
PowerPoint template to Power BI theme
Drop your company's PowerPoint template and get a Power BI theme in its colours and fonts, plus page backgrounds at 1920×1080 with its title band and logo. Add a logo, an existing theme JSON, a brand PDF or your website to fill gaps; every colour shows where it came from and you can change it.
By Nawaf Sharaf · Founder & Reliability Engineer · Updated
1. Start with your brand
Drop any of these. We combine them into one brand kit you can tweak.
2. Download for Power BI
Add a PowerPoint template (or another brand source) first. The downloads need at least a background, a text colour and an accent.
Use the files in Power BI Desktop
- Apply the theme with Design ribbon → Import theme and choose
theme.json. - For each page, open Format page → Canvas background, choose Browse and pick a background PNG; set Image fit to Fill and transparency to 0%.
- The backgrounds are 1920×1080. Pages of another size: set Format page → Canvas settings to 1920×1080 first, or use Restyle my report to resize every page and apply the theme and backgrounds in one go.
A theme sets the defaults. Visuals that already have their own colours or fonts keep them, because formatting set on a visual overrides the theme in Power BI.
Questions
Is my PowerPoint file uploaded?
No. The file is opened by JavaScript in this browser tab. Only the slide masters, layouts, themes and the images they use are read; slides, speaker notes, embedded fonts and macros are never opened. The theme and images are built on your device.
Which files work?
PowerPoint presentations (.pptx), templates (.potx, and .potm without running its macros) and Office theme files (.thmx), up to 100 MB. Old .ppt / .pot files and password-protected files can't be read: save a copy as .potx or .pptx first. A .thmx holds colours and fonts only, so the backgrounds use plain brand colours.
What is taken from the template?
The colour scheme (with the slide master's colour mapping, so dark masters give a dark theme), the heading and body fonts, the master background (colour, gradient or picture), a title band across the top, the logo picture on the master, and the title position, which sets the header height. Data colours are the six accents plus two lighter steps of the most saturated ones.
Why does the theme use a different font?
Power BI doesn't embed fonts. A theme names a font, and viewers without it see a fallback. When the template's font doesn't ship with Power BI Desktop, the tool picks the closest one that does and says so; choose “Use … anyway” if every viewer has the font installed.
Why did some colours change?
Text needs 4.5:1 contrast against the page and panels, and chart colours 3:1 (WCAG). When a template colour misses that, it is made darker or lighter with the same hue. The tool lists each change and you can undo any of them.
The template has several designs. Which one is used?
The slide master used by the most layouts. When a template has more than one master, the tool shows a wireframe of each so you can pick another.
My logo didn't come through.
Logos stored as EMF or WMF (common in older templates) can't be drawn by browsers. Drop the logo as a PNG or SVG next to the template and it is used instead. SVG logos are cleaned of scripts and links before use.
Can I keep the kit for later?
Yes: Save brand kit keeps its colours, fonts and (if you tick it) the logo. The Saved brand kits panel says where a kit is kept: in your account when you are signed in and account storage is available, otherwise in this browser only. Delete removes a kit and its logo. Your template file is never stored.
Designing a new page instead?
The Design Studio lays out a page at Power BI's pixel size with panels, titles and visual slots in your brand, then exports the background, theme JSON and a PBIP project.
Open the free Design Studio →