Use of themes in Word 2007

[Renuka]

I'm not clear how to use themes in word 2007. In Word 2003, simply selecting
format -> theme applied a theme to the entire document. How do I achieve this
in Word 2007? I'm presently using the trial version of office 2007. Only when
I apply a style to a section of my document, I'm able to apply a theme
selected from the "Page Layout" tab. How do I get the same effect as a theme
from Word 2003? Pls help urgently.

 

[Tony Jollans]

Themes in Word 2007 work fundamentally differently from Themes in Word 2003.

In Word 2003, formatting from a Theme could be applied to a document.
Document formatting would be 'permanently' copied from the theme to the
document after which there was no connection between the two. All elements
of the document for which theme formatting existed would be affected

In Word 2007 a document has a Theme and individual components of the
document can be assigned individual attributes of the Theme - for example,
the colour of something, say the background of a table cell, could be
assigned as based on theme colour 'Accent 1' and it would then reflect
changes to Accent 1 in the Theme, while the neighbouring cell which had an
absolute colour assigned would hold that colour regardless of changes in the
Theme.

If you want the 2003 effect in 2007, take a look at Quick Styles (on the
Home tab of the Ribbon) - a similar, though more flexible, facility.