TO ASK A QUESTION: If you have a question or need help with Office, please feel free to use the 'Click to Contact' link at the bottom of this page. You'll get a form that you can use to email a question to me. (I had been getting a ton of spam when accepting direct emails, so only emails that use this form will get through to me.)
Please be sure to mention the version of Office you are using when you send your question.
I answer all e-mails that I receive via this form, as long as they are polite :)
Since disabling comments on this site, I'm actually hearing from more of you with questions ... so, as it seems people prefer to email rather than comment, I'm going to leave comments disabled. As always, you can ask me any Office-related questions you have. If the question is outside of my expertise, I'll try to direct you to where you can get an answer.
Follow-up on themes webcast
Hi, everyone! Thanks to everybody who took the time to attend Tuesday's webcast on customizing themes. My apologies for the belated follow-up (I'd said I would post this by Tuesday night ... so sorry to those who were waiting for it. Work schedule got the better of me for a couple of days.)
If you wanted to attend that session but didn't get the chance, here's the link to the recording of the session.
Creating custom themes with the 2007 Office system
Following are the resources promised during that event:
Get the Open XML Theme Builder beta
Remember that, on the Help menu of the Theme Builder - you'll find a themes creation guide (includes detailed guidance for using the theme builder) from the PowerPoint team and the Themes SDK that I wrote, which provides detailed guidance, best practices, and troubleshooting for creating custom themes (including the font lists mentioned during the webcast).
Articles for creating custom themes and customizing formatting effects using Open XML:
Using Office Open XML to Customize Document Formatting in the 2007 Office System
Getting More from Document Themes in the 2007 Office System with Office Open XML (if you're new to themes and Open XML, read this article before the one below)
Creating document themes with the Office Open XML Formats
Office Online Training courses for learning the very basics of how to work with Open XML:
Open XML I: Exploring the Open XML File Formats
Open XML II: Editing documents in the XML
Book excerpt - intro to the Open XML primer from my Office 2007 book:
Chapter 22: Office Open XML Essentials (partial chapter excerpt)
...and if you want to see demos of some examples of what you, as advanced users, can do to extend the Office programs - customizing content, troubleshooting, saving time - using both Open XML and VBA, join me for my next Webcast on Sept. 29th ...
Extend the 2007 Office system
Finally - if you have a question that came up after the event and you can't find it via these resources, feel free to use the Click to Contact link at the bottom of this page and send it to me directly.
Hope to see you on the 29th!
Meanwhile, happy Thursday everybody!
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