Using Document Themes

Theme is the concept of bundling colour, font and format settings. The colours, fonts and format settings names are fixed in the document. When switching themes in the document, the elements containing the fixed names switch colours, fonts and format settings accordingly to the new theme.

To Use a Document Theme

1. Format the document using the fixed theme attribute name such as colours, fonts and other format settings.

2. Apply the theme to the document.

To Apply a Theme to the Document

1. Choose Format - Themes.

2. Double-click on the theme desired or select the theme and click OK

All document elements with the fixed theme attribute name set will change to the new theme attribute. For example, a heading with font colour set as "Dark 2" changes to the new theme "Dark 2" color.

To Add a New Theme

1. Choose Format - Theme and click on Add.

2. Enter a name for the new theme in the Name text box.

3. On the colour area, choose the base colour for each of the 12 fixed colour names of the theme.

   Theme colours consist of a set of twelve base colours, each with five internally calculated variations. These colours are defined solely by their RGB values, and saved to the document file. An object’s colour can be assigned by referencing a colour from the Theme colours set, either by keyword or index, depending on the context. The base colour names are

   • Dark 1, Light 1, Dark 2, Light 2,

   • Accent 1, Accent 2, Accent 3, Accent 4, Accent 5, Accent 6,

   • Hyperlink, FollowedHyperlink

4. Click OK to close the colour dialogue box.

5. Click OK or double click the new theme to apply the theme to the document.