Microsoft® Office Visio® 2007 Inside Out

Choosing a Theme

Themes are one of the most glamorous additions to Visio 2007. Although in Visio 2003 you could color-coordinate your diagrams using backgrounds and color schemes, themes are a much more powerful tool. Now you can set stylized font, color, and other features throughout your diagrams. Better still, you can match your themes to those used in Microsoft Office PowerPoint.

Using the Task Pane to Select a Theme

Selecting a theme to apply to your diagrams is a simple process. There are, however, several ways to accomplish the task. One way is to select the theme from the Theme Effects task pane. To open the Theme Effects task pane, click Format, Theme. This displays the task pane.

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The Theme Effects task pane can be moved and docked ...