Has anyone noticed that Themes are now missing?

Anonymous
2014-11-18T20:50:13+00:00

Has anyone noticed that themes disappeared from all Word, Excel, and PowerPoint?

I had Wood Type and Banded the other day. However, they have disappeared from the list of themes, along with many other themes. Any idea on why this occured?

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Operating System: Windows 8.1

Office: Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus (15.0.4667.1002)

EDIT - 1/20/15

I updated the Title and original post to state theme(s) instead of template(s). I apologize for any confusion.

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Anonymous
2015-06-18T16:36:57+00:00

Can you add the Parrallax theme to your one drive so I can download it.  The dropbox you gave is no longer there.  

thanks. 

Short answer: I thought I was going to have to say no because my 2013 systems don't have all the themes available. But I was able to scare up a bunch of them, so they've been added to my OneDrive folder. http://1drv.ms/1yrdZRq

Long answer: For those of you just coming into this thread, a bunch of themes have been missing from the PowerPoint Start screen. (This is the same screen you can also access by choosing File | New in PowerPoint.) 

Note: The themes that usually show on the PowerPoint Start screen are actually superthemes. Superthemes are like "regular" themes, but they give you variants. Variants are the options you see when you click one of the themes in the Start screen and get that dialog with different color options, pattern options, etc. You also see these variants on the Design tab of the Ribbon.

If you're missing the superthemes, you can get them here on my OneDrive: http://1drv.ms/1yrdZRq

Download the THMX files. Do NOT open them and save them; this will strip out the variants. Instead, just download them and put them in this folder: C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\Document Themes. The superthemes must be placed here in order for the variants to be available to presentations based on the superthemes.

To use them, open PPT. The themes may or may not show on your start screen. If they're there, you can click on the theme and you'll see the dialog box where you can select one of the variants. Otherwise, click CUSTOM and then the Document Themes folder. The themes should show up there. Click a theme to open that dialog where you can begin a new presentation based on the theme or one of its variants. Change variants on the Design tab if you wish.

Here's the available files. The ones I added today, some are repeats of ones that were already available. They're named like TM########[[fn=ThemeName]].thmx because I grabbed them from live "managed content" folders, and that's how they were named there. You shouldn't have to rename them. 

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-01-31T21:44:50+00:00

    I think I finally figured it out by saving it to my downloads and opening that from the Excel I'm working on, and then saving that current theme.  I'm hoping it will still show up the next time I need it.

    Sorry, but computers are very confusing to me, and they really aren't my friends. :)  I'm probably an old dog trying to learn new tricks...

    But thank you for your help, I think your links above did help.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-01-31T21:28:42+00:00

    It's not there, that's my problem.  The only themes available to me are: Office, Facet, Integral, Ion, Ion Board, Organic, Retrospect, Slice, and Wisp.  Can I save the link you have to the Power Point Basis theme in a format I can use in Excel?

    Yes. That's what I've been trying to explain to you.

    Download the theme and then put it in this folder: C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\Document Themes

    Then open Excel, opt to create a new blank file, and go to the Page Layout tab and click the Themes button.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-01-31T21:19:39+00:00

    It's not there, that's my problem.  The only themes available to me are: Office, Facet, Integral, Ion, Ion Board, Organic, Retrospect, Slice, and Wisp.  Can I save the link you have to the Power Point Basis theme in a format I can use in Excel?

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-01-31T21:10:05+00:00

    I click on the links you have listed, and I can open "Basis" but it will only open in a Power Point option.  I only need it right now for Excel.  My class doesn't do anything with Power Point this semester.  Can you tell me how to find/convert Basis to Excel?

    If you double-click a theme, it will open in PowerPoint, yes. This is because ... you know what? It doesn't matter why. The point is, in Excel and Word, you must APPLY the theme. To apply a theme in Excel, go to the Page Layout tab and click the Themes button. Your theme must be in this folder in order for it to be available there: C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\Document Themes

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