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Software for the creation of Office 2007 themes

Software for the creation of Office 2007 themes

Vote: (23 votes)

Program license: Free

Developer: Microsoft

Version: 0.1.3366.26328 Beta

Works under: Windows

Vote:

Program license

(23 votes)

Free

Developer

Version

Microsoft

0.1.3366.26328 Beta

Works under:

Windows

The Theme Builder allows users to create themes for Microsoft Files and documents. This particular tool is designed for Office 07 products, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. This theme creator can be used on more than one type of document and should not be considered a template. The theme offers definitions for colors, image borders, lines, styles, font styles and other choices. The template defines how the data is formatted and presented to the end user. The builder can edit the themes in 2007 Office, and it may be wise to keep the original theme in case of problems.

The theme tool is a graphic-based interface that is divided up into five sections. This tool is simple to use, making it one of the best tools for novices to use to customize their Office documents. Here is the section breakdown: colors and fonts, line styles, fill styles, effect styles and background styles. This tool can bring your documents and templates to life and in a little while, you can discover the primary features. But before you move on, take a moment to sample the benefits of the builder.

Pros of Theme Builder

  • Easy to Use
  • Divided sections
  • Flexible for the creative mind
  • Free

Once you have opened the settings colors and fonts section, you can make cosmetic changes to the text, accents and hyperlinks (visited and non-visited). You can get a preview after you have made the changes in this section to see how they will flow throughout the document. You can always change the colors and fonts to maximize the appeal of the theme. The font section offers a large array of scripts to help you distinguish your headers to sub headings and regular body text. Line styles and fill styles allows you to add a distinctive flavor to lines within the theme. The effect styles will give you control over shadow effects and 3D properties. There are cons to using the Theme Builder.

Cons of Theme Builder

  • Restricted to 2007 Office
  • Unfavorable save extension thmx
  • Beta saved in PowerPoint file extension to preview look
  • Updating can be a hassle

Overall, Theme Builder may be the right tool for those still using Offices 2007, but in later releases Microsoft makes it super easy to edit themes. If you want to play with Theme Builder, feel free to download it and play with it. It may not be worth the time to invest into.