Ampler’s Format functions apply a colour or style to the selected text or shape in one click — drawing on your template’s palette so formatting stays on the house style.
Quick answer: Select the text or shape, then click the formatting function you want on the Ampler ribbon — colour, fill, outline, or style is applied immediately from the deck’s defined palette.
How to use it
Select the object, then apply colour or style in one click.
- Select the text or shape you want to format.
- Click the desired formatting function on the Ampler ribbon.
Colour, fill, outline, and style options draw on the template’s palette, so applied formatting stays consistent with the deck.
Keyboard shortcut
The Format functions can be bound to shortcuts. Open the Settings dropdown on the Ampler ribbon, choose Shortcuts, and assign a key combination to the functions you use most.
Why use it
Native PowerPoint scatters colour and style controls across the ribbon and dialog boxes, and it exposes the full colour picker — an easy way to introduce off-brand colours. Ampler puts the common formatting actions one click away and works from the template’s defined palette, so text and shapes are styled quickly and stay on the house colours.
How consultants use it
At the top firms, visual consistency is treated as part of the argument: a deck in the firm’s exact colours and styles reads as authoritative, while a stray off-palette fill reads as a mistake. Formatting is therefore governed, not improvised. Three conventions apply:
- Palette discipline: only the firm’s (or client’s) defined colours are used — never an arbitrary pick from the full colour wheel.
- Style, not decoration: colour carries meaning (a highlighted figure, a muted comparator), so it is applied deliberately and identically across exhibits.
- Speed under load: one-click formatting keeps a heavily-revised deck on-style without slowing the build.
Working from a fixed palette is what lets a large team produce one visually coherent document.
Tips & best practices
- Bind your most-used colours and styles to shortcuts for single-key application.
- Stick to the template palette rather than the full colour picker to stay on-brand.
- Run Scan & Fix before sending to catch any off-palette colours that slipped in.
Availability
Included in Ampler for PowerPoint and the Ampler Suite, on Windows desktop PowerPoint.
Frequently asked questions
How do you quickly change the colour of text or a shape in PowerPoint?
Select the object and click the formatting function on the Ampler ribbon. The colour or style is applied in one click from the deck’s defined palette, so it stays consistent with the template.
How do you keep slide colours consistent with a template?
Apply colour through Ampler’s Format functions, which draw on the template’s palette rather than the full colour picker, so text and shapes stay on the house style.
Can you assign shortcuts to formatting actions in PowerPoint?
Yes. In Ampler’s Settings → Shortcuts you can bind your most-used colour and style functions to key combinations for one-key formatting.