[Outlook/Word 2003] Modify a theme

[Silivren Eryn-Duin]

Hi,

Is there a way to add new themes, or modify existing ones, or even delete
existing ones? I do not talk about stationaries, but themes...

Thanks

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Office does not use theming. Check with theme/skin sites on the INternet to
see if someone has found a way to alter the theme. It uses Windows themes.

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After searching google.groups.com and finding not answer:
Silivren Eryn-Duin <[email protected]> asked:
| Hi,
|
| Is there a way to add new themes, or modify existing ones, or even
| delete existing ones? I do not talk about stationaries, but themes...
|
| Thanks

 

[Silivren Eryn-Duin]

Office does not use theming. Check with theme/skin sites on the INternet to
see if someone has found a way to alter the theme. It uses Windows themes.

Sure it does. But Word calls "Theme" what others call "Stationaries", but
those are two different things.

An exemple of Themes in Outlook 2003, using Word as a Word editor...

- Afternoon
- Arctic
- Axis
- Blends
- Blue Calm

Office 2003 / Word 2003 are like stationaries, email templates with a
background picture and font information.

But the difference is: with Outlook 2003 it is impossible to change the
stationary of the current email message, but you can change the theme.

So I would like to add new themes / delete the ones I do not want /
change somes.

The themes are in format / theme menu.

Thanks

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Oh, you mean the old Themes - sorry, i mistook your request as one for
skins.

You can create your own in Front Page if I am not mistaken. Check with the
folks in a frontpage newsgroup.


--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After searching google.groups.com and finding not answer:
Silivren Eryn-Duin <[email protected]> asked:
| On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 16:02:38 +0000, Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
| wrote:
|
|| Office does not use theming. Check with theme/skin sites on the
|| INternet to see if someone has found a way to alter the theme. It
|| uses Windows themes.
|
| Sure it does. But Word calls "Theme" what others call "Stationaries",
| but those are two different things.
|
| An exemple of Themes in Outlook 2003, using Word as a Word editor...
|
| - Afternoon
| - Arctic
| - Axis
| - Blends
| - Blue Calm
|
| Office 2003 / Word 2003 are like stationaries, email templates with a
| background picture and font information.
|
| But the difference is: with Outlook 2003 it is impossible to change
| the stationary of the current email message, but you can change the
| theme.
|
| So I would like to add new themes / delete the ones I do not want /
| change somes.
|
| The themes are in format / theme menu.
|
| Thanks

 

[Silivren Eryn-Duin]

Oh, you mean the old Themes - sorry, i mistook your request as one for
skins.

You can create your own in Front Page if I am not mistaken. Check with the
folks in a frontpage newsgroup.

Why do you say "old"? It is the way stationaries work in Office 2003. The
only thing we can change while composing a message. (stationaries can only
be setup for new messages, not for current one)

So that's strange you called them "old" themes.

With an html editor, you mean I just have to create an html file and put
it in the theme folder somewhere on my computer?

Thanks

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Correct - you can save any HTML file to the Stationeries folder and it is
available as Stationery.


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[Silivren Eryn-Duin]

Correct - you can save any HTML file to the Stationeries folder and it is
available as Stationery.

I talked about themes, not stationaries (those are two different things in
outlook word 2003) but I guess this works the same way.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Silivren,

To modify a Word theme you can use Frontpage rather
than Word
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;235511&FR=1

In Word if you look at Tools=>Options=>General=>[Email Options]
in Word and click on the [Theme] button it brings up the
Format=>Theme box but now displays those that have been
adapted for Stationery as well as the usual list.

They are 'old' in the sense that MS hasn't done much to
provide new ones for Word for quite awhile and doesn't
offer them on http://office.microsoft.com/templates
for example.


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On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 16:52:52 -0400, Diane Poremsky [MVP] wrote:
I talked about themes, not stationaries (those are two different things in outlook word 2003) but I guess this works the same way.--
I hope this helps you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

The Office 2003 System parts explained
http://microsoft.com/uk/office/preview/system.asp

 

[Silivren Eryn-Duin]

Hi Silivren,

To modify a Word theme you can use Frontpage rather than Word
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;235511&FR=1

In Word if you look at Tools=>Options=>General=>[Email Options] in Word
and click on the [Theme] button it brings up the Format=>Theme box but now
displays those that have been adapted for Stationery as well as the usual
list.

They are 'old' in the sense that MS hasn't done much to provide new ones
for Word for quite awhile and doesn't offer them on
http://office.microsoft.com/templates for example.

It is kinda strange that stationaries are newer than themes but that it is
impossible to change a stationary while we are composing an email, but we
can change a theme...