How to create new font theme

[Jeremy]

I am trying to create a new font theme, but Word does not recognize
the new them when it is opened. I have seen this message which
describes how to do it:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...596f944?lnk=gst&q=font+theme#b2e18b33f596f944

I can change the necessary text in theme1.xml file, that's not
difficult. I'm guessing when I'm done, I just zip up the file and
then change the extension to .thmx. Is that right? Is there some
subtlety that I'm not seeing?

Thanks,
Jeremy

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Jeremy:

Yeah, if you want it to work, do it on a PC in Word 2007 (or in PowerPoint
2008 on the Mac...)

Mac Word 2008 does not have the ability to edit Themes reliably.

If you must do this in Word, you need to re-zip the file using the command
line and specify the option to suppress the resource fork, otherwise Word
can't read the result.

There's an entertaining discussion of the problem (and solution...) here:
http://www.offshootinc.com/blog/2007/05/17/say-goodbye-to-ds_store-files-res
ource-forks-and-thumbsdb-files-on-your-windowsmac-network/

Cheers

I am trying to create a new font theme, but Word does not recognize
the new them when it is opened. I have seen this message which
describes how to do it:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.mac.office.word/browse_thread/
thread/46ac124297d180b1/b2e18b33f596f944?lnk=gst&q=font+theme#b2e18b33f596f944

I can change the necessary text in theme1.xml file, that's not
difficult. I'm guessing when I'm done, I just zip up the file and
then change the extension to .thmx. Is that right? Is there some
subtlety that I'm not seeing?

Thanks,
Jeremy

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[Jeremy]

Hi Jeremy:

Yeah, if you want it to work, do it on a PC in Word 2007 (or in PowerPoint
2008 on the Mac...)

Mac Word 2008 does not have the ability to edit Themes reliably.

If you must do this in Word, you need to re-zip the file using the command
line and specify the option to suppress the resource fork, otherwise Word
can't read the result.

Thanks. zipping the file using the command line must have been what
was holding me back. Now it works! It's really a shame that you
can't modify the themes in Word for the Mac. I tried to modify the
theme using Office 2007, but Windows didn't have the necessary fonts.
Now I don't have to.

Thanks,
Jeremy