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Adding custom colours to the colour palette

We have developed a colour palette for our project which uses a number of custom colours.  We have already set up a range of templates using these colours for headings and text etc but it would be helpful if we could add our colours to the colour palette in Word, Excel and Powerpoint etc so that we don't have to select them using the RGB numbers each time we create a new document.   I know they save as a recently used colour but these are lost at the end of each workday.

 

This function wasn't available in previous versions of Office but I wondered whether it has been addressed in Office 2010?

 

Thanks

 

Sarah

 

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On the Home tab, in the Styles group, click Change Styles, then Colors. Click Create New Theme Colors and assign your colors as appropriate. Save the theme with an appropriate name. For illustrated instructions, see http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-modify-or-create-a-theme-in-word-2010.html or http://www.gcflearnfree.org/word2010/18.5 (or the Microsoft version at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/apply-customize-and-save-a-document-theme-in-word-or-excel-HA010354866.aspx).

 

Note that if you are distributing templates that use your color theme, you must also distribute the *.thmx file that contains your theme.

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