Windows Color Scheme (Theme) Program

You might want to have a look at Emacs W32. Has some nice customizations for windows.

As for getting color theme working... I won't try to convert things to your current install, seems a few things are off there (file should just be .emacs - not User.emacs, same for .emacs.d directory). Instead I'll just tell you how I have things setup, shouldn't be too hard to translate if you want to keep your current config.

I find it easiest to just create a C:\home directory and set a HOME enviornment variable to point to that directory. Place your .emacs file in there. A .emacs.d directory will be created. I also like to create a directory named emacs_site_lisp in the home folder; C:\home\emacs_site_lisp. I place any and all packages or files under there for easy reference.

Put the color-theme directory in the emacs_site_lisp folder.

Then in my .emacs I have:

(setq load-path (append load-path (list "~/emacs_site_lisp")))
(setq load-path (append load-path (list "~/emacs_site_lisp/color-theme-6.6.0")))

(require 'color-theme)
(color-theme-hober)

Note that ~ references your home directory if not familiar with *nix.

That should work as a minimal .emacs - odds are you'll have a lot more stuff in there soon as you try different things out & tweak different settings, plenty of example .emacs to be found... just search on google: filetype:emacs

Good Luck.

Converting formats has always been challenging, at least for me. I don't know that you are going to find a one step solution but here is how I would recommend executing:

• Create a Master from the correct file.

  View Tab >> Slide Master (under Master Views Section)

This brings up all the different slide types and allows you to configure them however you like. It will take some time and effort to create the master. MAKE A BACKUP I suggest a working copy and a backup copy of the blank master...in the case of saving over the top of it on accident...

• Convert old presentations

This is where its messy. Select everything in the old presentations and paste only the content

Chances are at this point you will have to do a little cleanup.

This definitely is not a one step process, but once it is organized it works very well. Anytime you need to create a new presentation you simply open up the working copy of the master and save as.

Also worth mentioning that the more you can avoid custom formatting in the individual presentations the easier it will be to convert/modify your master in the future.