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Create New Theme Colors

Office 2013

Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1

I am having trouble understanding the relationship between the Create New Theme Colors and the Samples.

 

Bring up the Create New Theme Colors dialog.

Design tab | Document Formatting | Colors | Customize Colors | Create New Theme Colors dialog | Theme Colors group

Text/Background - Dark 1
Text/Background - Light 1
Text/Background - Dark 2
Text/Background - Light 2
Accent 1
Accent 2
Accent 3
Accent 4
Accent 5
Accent 6
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Does "Text/Background - Dark 1" effect Text 1 or the Background 1?

Why the ambiguous wording?

Either it effects Text or Background, but not both.

 

If you change "Text/Background - Dark 1", it changes the Text color of the second sample.

This seems illogical. Why not change the Text of the first sample?

 

Bring up the Create New Theme Colors dialog.

Home | Font | Font Color

 

The Themes Colors are

Background 1

Text 1

Background 1

Text 1

Accent 1
Accent 2
Accent 3
Accent 4
Accent 5
Accent 6

These make logical sense unlike the Create New Theme Colors dialog.

 

Thanks in advance.

You could probably read this article for better understanding.
http://blogs.office.com/2012/09/06/changing-your-style-in-the-new-word/
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The article mentioned does not discuss the Create New Theme Colors dialog which is the specific topic of the question.

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I have to agree that the dialog box is poorly documented. On the other hand, this is true for theme colors in general.
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