If you like the colors of one theme and the fonts of another, you can mix and match
theme elements. First apply the theme that most closely resembles the look you want,
and then in the Themes group, change the colors by clicking the Theme Colors button
or the fonts by clicking the Theme Fonts button.
If you create a combination of colors and fonts that you would like to be able to use with
other documents, you can save the combination as a new theme. By saving the theme in
the default Document Themes folder, you make the theme available in the Themes gallery.
However, you don’t have to store custom themes in the Document Themes folder; you can
store them anywhere on your hard disk, on removable media, or in a network location. To
use a theme that is stored in a different location, you click the Themes button, and then
click Browse For Themes at the bottom of the gallery. Locate the theme you want in the
Choose Theme Or Themed Document dialog box, and then click Open to apply that
theme to the current document.
Tip The bottom section of the Themes gallery displays themes downloaded from the Microsoft
Office Online Web site. You can visit this Web site at office.microsoft.com to find additional
themes and templates created by Microsoft and by other people.
In this exercise, you’ll apply a theme to an existing document and change the colors and
fonts. Then you’ll save the new combination as a custom theme.SET UP You need the AgendaB_start document located in your Chapter04 practice
file folder to complete this exercise. Open the AgendaB_start document, and save it
as AgendaB. Then follow the steps.- On the Page Layout tab, in the Themes group, click the Themes button.
The Themes gallery appears.- Point to each thumbnail in turn to display a live preview of the theme. (Scroll
through the gallery so that you can explore all the themes.) - In the Themes gallery, click Trek.
The colors and fonts change to those defined for the selected theme.- In the Themes group, click the Theme Colors button.
The Theme Colors gallery appears. (The currently selected color set, which is not
shown in the graphic on the next page, is indicated by a border.)Changing a Document’s Theme 107