A Return to Themes

You can apply themes to your documents (either before or after you create them) to create a consistent look and feel. Word 2003 adds many new themes to the collection. Here are the steps:

Lingo  

A theme in Word is a design that is carried through your document and can be applied to other documents, your Web page, e-mail messages, and more. A theme applies design choices such as color selection, border style, list styles, text font and size , and line styles.

1. Open the document to which you want to apply the theme (or begin a new document).

2. Choose Theme from the Format menu. In the Theme dialog box, click the theme style you d like to see (see Figure 5-2).

   
   Figure 5-2: Word includes themes that coordinate the heading, text, link, and list styles used in your documents.

3. Click OK to apply the theme to your document.