Create new font themes?

[Toby]

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

Hi,

I'm wondering whether it's possible to create new font themes (that is, the set of Body + Heading fonts)? It seems (from Googling) that it's possible in Word 2007, but I can't find it in 2008. I have some fonts - that aren't in any of the provided themes - that I'd like to use, and to set as a theme, both for general use, and for some templates I'm making.

 

[John McGhie]

Yes, it is. We just have not yet managed to dig the instructions for doing
so out of Microsoft.

It's a compressed XML file. Go to /Applications/Microsoft Office
2008/Office/Media/Templates/Office Themes/ and copy one into a different
folder.

Change the extension to .zip and open it with the BOM Archive application to
unzip it.

Have a look for a file named "Theme.xml" in the Theme folder, and open it in
TextEdit.

Enjoy.

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

Hi,

I'm wondering whether it's possible to create new font themes (that is, the
set of Body + Heading fonts)? It seems (from Googling) that it's possible in
Word 2007, but I can't find it in 2008. I have some fonts - that aren't in any
of the provided themes - that I'd like to use, and to set as a theme, both for
general use, and for some templates I'm making.

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[Toby]

Oh joy. I was suspecting I would have to resort to those kinds of measures, but was hoping not to... Methinks I'll make use of the 'Send feedback' option...

Thanks for you help.I managed to open the theme and edit it; I also made an attempt by copying and editing one of the ThemeName.xml (e.g. Folio.xml) files in Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Office/Media/Templates/Office Themes/Theme Fonts. Unfortunately, with both attempts, I was unable to coax Word (or any Office application) into accepting it, whatever changes I made in the file extension, which application to open in, etc. With the .thmx I tried both by compressing it again, and by using the uncompressed folder. If I try to force Word to open either the .thmx or the .xml, I get an error message (see below).

The only things I changed in both instances were the theme name and the latin script majorfont and minorfont font names.

I realise I might be moving into more general Mac help territory, but if you can help, I'd be grateful.

Error message: 'Cannot open theme file. The selected file might be damaged or incomplete.' [Before I played around with extensions etc. I believe the error message told me the file wasn't a theme file.]

Thanks again!

Toby

 

[Toby]

Oh. Forget that; it suddenly worked. I really don't know why.

Toby

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Toby:

I am soooo sorry. I was answering in a hurry, and I left of the magic
incantation: "If you open a zipped XML file on a Mac, you MUST remove the
resource fork from the package when you put it back together again."

The XML applications are not expecting the resource fork, and they see it as
a damaged file.

Cheers

Oh. Forget that; it suddenly worked. I really don't know why.

Toby

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