Themes in Excel 2008

[melly_shuh]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)

Im doing an assignment, but in class we use windows excel 07. I am supposed to use the Concourse Theme on this worksheet but I cannot find it. Can someone tell me where the themes are located?

 

[CyberTaz]

On the Formatting Palette of the Toolbox you'll find Document Theme at the
very bottom Concourse is among the choices. Just keep in mind that there are
a number of differences between Excel 2007 & Excel 2008 - the implementation
of Themes is among those differences. [If the Toolbox isn't displayed go to
View> Toolbox> Formatting Palette.]

FWIW, if it wasn't specifically stipulated by the school that students were
*required* to use Microsoft software for the Windows Operating System the
student shouldn't [IMHO] be expected to submit assignments which are based
on version-specific feature. If this is a class on "Excel 2007 for Windows"
it's a different story.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)

Im doing an assignment, but in class we use windows excel 07. I am supposed to use the Concourse Theme on this worksheet but I cannot find it. Can someone tell me where the themes are located?

Hi Melly,

Since it's for an assignment, then I suppose I should point out that the
proper term is "Document Theme" and proper usage would be "Concourse
Document Theme." Using the word "Document" helps you find what you are
looking for in Excel's interface, and creates the distinction from a
different kind of theme called "Office Theme" which is also new in 2007
and 2008 versions of Microsoft Office.

Just to clarify...

Document Theme
Consists of a set of colors and a font family. The same themes are used
across Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Office Theme
Consists of a set of slide masters and is only used in PowerPoint

I know. I would have used opposite labels, too, but we're stuck with
them now.

Because there is a Concourse "Document Theme," but no Concourse "Office
Theme," I can tell that your instructor is talking about a Document Theme.

Excel 2008 does have some Document Theme support. You apply Document
Themes using the Formatting Palette. When something that can have a
Document Theme applied is selected, you can choose apply a Document
Theme from the Document Theme section at the bottom of the Formatting
Palette.

In Excel 2008, you can apply Document Themes to just about everything
EXCEPT the text that's in cells on a spreadsheet. You CAN apply Document
Themes to charts, drawing objects, SmartArt, etc.

In Excel 2008, you can NOT apply a Document Theme to a range of cells to
change their colors or fonts. Excel 2007 for Windows supports Font
styles, but Excel 2008 on the Mac does not.

So, make a chart or put some SmartArt on your workbook and use the
Concourse Document Theme to format it to show that you know what a
document theme is.

Office 2007 for Windows has a Tables feature that lets you use the
pretty Document Themes to format lists in Excel. Excel 2007's designers
chose "pretty" over "power." Mac Excel 2008 chose "power" over "pretty."
Mac Excel has a much more powerful List Manager feature that really does
a superb job to help you analyze data, but it doesn't make it look as
pretty as Excel 2007's Tables. If you want to challenge your instructor
about List Manager vs the lame but pretty Tables implementation of List
Manager on Windows, be my guest.

-Jim