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?

Specifications

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
    2015-04-19T11:44:44+00:00

    Just to confirm - I downloaded Echo's Frame thmx and I DO see variants

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-04-19T15:36:10+00:00

    I know I said I was walking away, but if you could just take one more look.  

    This is the Frame.thmx download you supplied.  No variants.  I am about to lose my mind.  I am grateful for all you have suggested, maybe something is wrong with my pc.  I downloaded it again just to make sure I did it correctly.  I still cannot see the variants.  

    Andrzej Parnowski

    Oh, man, this has to be SO frustrating for you. I'm sorry, I wish I could give you an easy answer!

    When you download the file, are you letting it open in PowerPoint? You don't want to do that. You want to download it, then use Windows Explorer to locate it in your Downloads folder, copy or cut it, and paste it into the Themes folder.

    If you want to email me at echos at indy dot net, I'm happy to try emailing the THMX file to you. Then you can just save it from your email directly into the correct folder.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-05-07T18:10:10+00:00

    it has been over a half year and this issue still has not been fixed -- still at 9 design themes.  Students are still complaining they cannot access all the themes required by our lesson plan.  This is terrible customer service.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-05-07T18:27:54+00:00

    Yes, VERY frustrating!  My own computer is back to 9 now, too!

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