Office 2013 themes missing

Anonymous
2015-01-23T17:04:02+00:00

I now have a total of only 9 themes in Office 2013.  In the past there were dozens.  I teach a class on Microsoft Office and when students are asked to use a certain theme, they aren't finding them.  What happened?

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Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2015-02-12T00:43:30+00:00

This is a better option:

I have put a copy of the themes from various versions of Office (2007, 2010, 2013) in folders under the following folder of my One Drive

http://1drv.ms/1utd6rX

or

https://1drv.ms/f/s!AmuIXmFDy-1axC47TeQd4-gsdPZi

If you download the theme that you want and save it in the

C:\Users[User Name]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\Document Themes

folder, it should appear as a Custom Theme in the Themes dropdown.

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  1. Stefan Blom 353.5K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2015-03-31T19:26:16+00:00

    Go to Doug Robbins' OneDrive and download the missing theme. See the reply by Doug marked as Answer.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-03-31T23:25:15+00:00

    I read the thread before posting. Downloading Doug Robbins' themes is just a band-aid solution. And apparently it doesn't work for everyone? JanetKidwell said the file was corrupted when she tried.

    I think Microsoft should address this bug (or should have addressed this bug already by now).

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  3. Stefan Blom 353.5K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2015-03-31T23:45:29+00:00

    Clearly, downloading themes is a workaround, but it's certainly worth a try, if you haven't already tested it.

    Note that no one who has replied in this thread can make any promises on Microsoft's behalf. If you want to post feedback for Microsoft, use the form at

    https://support2.microsoft.com/common/survey.aspx?scid=sw;en-us;2222&altStyle=MFE&renderOption=OverrideDefault&showpage=1&fr=1&nofrbrand=1.

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  4. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2015-04-01T01:45:59+00:00

    Call it a Band-Aid if you will, but it is a permanent solution to the issue of Themes being available one day and not the next.

    To me, that's a bit more than a "Band-Aid"

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