Todd:
Todd:
It's unclear from your question whether you have a problem with:
*built-in* or *custom* document themes (and/or their 3 component sets);
*built-in* or *custom* Quick Style sets;
- or-
any combination thereof
It does not seem likely that problem is with the Normal template, which only
has relevance vis-a-vis the active document theme (and/or its 3 component
sets), the so-called “active†Quick Style set (actually copied
definitions/references to definitions) and the document defaults
My initial assumption is that the problem is only with *custom* document
themes (and/or their 3 component sets) and *custom* Quick Style sets (I. 1st
Approach). If the initial assumption is incorrect, I’ll then address built-in
document themes and built-in Quick Style sets (II. 2nd Approach; you must
have administrative rights to implement this approach). Finally, if neither
of the 1st two approaches works I’ll address an unlikely source of the
problem that you have described, the Normal template (3rd Approach)
All references to file locations assume program files and user-specific
files are stored on C:\
I. 1st Approach
A. Custom Document Themes:
1. Background re custom document themes
You apparently have created custom document themes (and possibly separate,
custom sets of theme colors, theme fonts and theme effects). These are
displayed in the Custom area of the Themes gallery (Theme Colors gallery,
etc. on the Page Layout tab, in the Themes group. It should be noted that
creating a custom document theme (or set of theme colors, theme fonts or
theme effect) with the same name as the built-in defaults does NOT overwrite
the file containing the built-in defaults.
Custom document themes for a user are saved at:
C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\Application
Data\Microsoft\Templates\Document Themes\ *.thmx (XP)
-or-
C:\Users\User Name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\Document
Themes\*.thmx (Vista)
Custom sets of theme colors, custom sets of theme fonts and custom sets of
theme effects for a user are saved in Theme Colors (*.xml), Theme Fonts
(*.xml) and Theme Effects (*.eftx) folders within the Templates\Document
Themes folder cited immediately above
2. Actions re custom document themes
Copy and save in another location (say a folder on the desktop) any custom
document themes, custom sets of theme colors, custom sets of theme fonts,
custom sets of theme effects.
Then delete any files in the \Templates\Document Themes folder, the
\Templates\Document Themes\Theme Colors, \Templates\Document Themes\Theme
Fonts and the \Templates\Document Themes\Theme Effects folders.
B. Custom Quick Style Sets:
1. Background re custom Quick style sets
You apparently have also created custom Quick Style sets. They will be
displayed in the Style Set menu (Home tab, Styles group, Change Styles, point
to Style set). They may or may not have the same name as the built-in,
default Quick Style sets. Each one that has the same name as a built-in,
default Quick style set will replace the built-in, default Quick Style set of
the same name in the Style Set menu. The file containing the build-in,
default Quick Style set will NOT be overwritten.
Each customized Quick Style set is saved in a .dotx file at a different,
user-specific location reserved for Quick Style sets:
C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\Application Data\Microsoft\Quick
Styles\*.dotx (XP)
-or-
C:\Users\User Name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\QuickStyles\*.dotx (Vista)
2. Actions re custom Quick Style Sets:
Copy and save in another location (say a folder on the desktop) any *.dotx
files containing custom Quick Style sets. Then delete any files in the
\QuickStyles folder cited immediately above.
C. Verifying that problem has been solved
Start Word
See if your problem is gone by Live Previewing the choices (hold the pointer
over the choice and note the change in the document, then escape) in the
Themes gallery, the Theme Colors gallery, the Theme Fonts gallery, the Theme
Effects gallery and finally in the Style Set menu
If you’re satisfied, the best approach is to apply the desired document
theme (“Office†is the default) and the desired Quick Style set (“Word 2007â€
is the default) and then set them as the default for future documents (Home
tab, Styles group, Change Styles, Set as Default)
If all is well, you’re done
If not, go to the 2nd approach, which I'll post in a separate reply