2007 Using Themes

[Laurie]

I can't seem to get Themes to register in my document. I highlight text in
my doc, select the Themes dropdown and hover over different options, but it
doesn't make any changes in my Word doc. It works fine when I select Styles,
but not Themes. What am I doing wrong?

 

[Gordon]

I can't seem to get Themes to register in my document. I highlight text in
my doc, select the Themes dropdown and hover over different options, but
it
doesn't make any changes in my Word doc. It works fine when I select
Styles,
but not Themes. What am I doing wrong?

Interesting - where are you seeing this "theme" function? (I can't see one
in any of the sections in my Word 2007.....)

 

[Beth Melton]

In order to utilize Themes the document must contain theme elements such as
Theme fonts and Theme colors. So if say, you are using Ariel as your font
instead of one of the Theme fonts (Body or Headings listed under Theme Fonts
in the Font drop down) then you won't see a change. The same applies to any
colors you use. You need to select colors from the Themes section of the
Color pickers in order for the colors to swap with the newly selected Theme
or when using Live Preview.

If you want an example of how Themes should work and of what you need to use
in a document to utilize Themes, create a new document from one of the
Installed Templates in the New Document dialog box. They should all be
theme-enabled and you can examine the elements that have been used.

Also note that the Theme affects the entire document so selecting text first
is not necessary.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email cannot be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out:
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/9801.aspx#AboutTheBook

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
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[Laurie]

It's found under Page Layout. Please see Beth's reply for further information.