Your reference to backgrounds made me think you were referring to old
Themes. As far as new Themes go, I think we need more detail of what you are
doing, as per Suzanne's post, but perhaps a little on the way they work
wouldn't go amiss.
You can set Fonts and Colors to be absolute (Arial, or Red, or whatever), in
which case they will be as you set them, or you can set them to be Theme
elements (Body (font), or Accent 1 (colour), say) in which case they will
reflect changes to the Theme. Theme effects apply to Art and Charts, and
backgrounds, as I understand it, are only relevant for PowerPoint.
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Enjoy,
Tony
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"Inneedofhelp" wrote in message
...
Tony I appreciate your help. It would seem that maybe I didn't post my
question quite right. I'm not trying to change themes from an earlier
version
in 2007. I'm starting with a blank 2007 document and while the font
changes,
I'm unable to see the Theme on the computer screen. If you have any other
thoughts it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks....Inneedofhelp
"Tony Jollans" wrote:
Themes in Word 2007 are completely different from Themes in earlier
versions
of Word, and they do not include backgrounds, or effects in the same way
at
all. Themes in Word 2007 are a new parallel set of formatting
characteristics that can be used in existing Styles, rather than a way of
directly changing a lot of Styles.
Old-style Themes can still be applied to documents via VBA but, although
Microsoft have not, to my knowledge, stated anything, that would seem to
be
for legacy support only. If you want an equivalent facility, you may find
Quick Style Sets helpful, but I would recommend getting to grips with the
new feature, which is consistent across Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
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Enjoy,
Tony
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"Inneedofhelp" wrote in message
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Every time that I try to use a document theme, it never shows up. I
click
the
themes button on the page layout and the page remains blank. Even after
typing the whole letter or message, the theme will never appear. I can
get
the font to change as I scroll over the different themes but no
background
color or effects display.
Thanks for your help.