To preview a theme in your document, hold your mouse over a theme in this drop-down menu.

To apply a theme to your document, click the theme to apply in the drop-down menu.Īpply a Theme in Word- Instructions and Video Lesson: A picture of a user applying a theme to a document in Word. To remove an applied theme from your document, click the “Design” tab in the Ribbon. Then choose the “Reset to Theme from Template” command from the drop-down menu to revert your document back to the default theme for its related document template. You can customize the individual elements of a theme by changing its style set, color set, font set, and paragraph spacing. After making changes to a theme, you can then save it as a new theme you can later apply to other documents in Word.

To do this, modify the theme, as desired. Then click the “Design” tab in the Ribbon. Then click the “Themes” drop-down button in the “Document Formatting” button group.