Theme files

oceanclub · #1 11-17-2016, 09:34 AM

We've designed our template to use two theme files, for fonts and colours, which are stored under the %appdata% directory. However on some machines for security reasons, it is not possible to access that directory. If it possible for Word to access theme files stored elsewhere?

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Stefan Blom · #2 11-17-2016, 04:10 PM

The location for themes isn't customizable. The paths that can be customized are listed in the File Locations dialog box (at File | Options | Advanced, click the File Locations button).

May I ask why you are not letting users access the user profile?

oceanclub · #3 11-21-2016, 11:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stefan Blom

The location for themes isn't customizable. The paths that can be customized are listed in the File Locations dialog box (at File | Options | Advanced, click the File Locations button).

May I ask why you are not letting users access the user profile?

Oh just to be clear, not allowing users access %appdata% is nothing to do with me.

This is an organisational security "feature".

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Stefan Blom · #4 11-21-2016, 01:17 PM

Perhaps it would be possible to exclude the themes location from these security settings. I really don't know, because I'm no expert in Windows access rights/permissions settings.

Guessed · #5 11-21-2016, 03:45 PM

Perhaps the application is allowed to write to the %appdata% area even though the user can't. Have you tried doing this with a macro from within Word?

Code:

  'Update the theme colours
  With ActiveDocument.DocumentTheme
    .ThemeColorScheme(msoThemeDark1).RGB = 0                      'Black
    .ThemeColorScheme(msoThemeLight1).RGB = RGB(255, 255, 255)    'White
    .ThemeColorScheme(msoThemeDark2).RGB = RGB(61, 65, 70)   
    .ThemeColorScheme(msoThemeLight2).RGB = RGB(208, 211, 212) 
    .ThemeColorScheme(msoThemeAccent1).RGB = RGB(252, 76, 2) 
    .ThemeColorScheme(msoThemeAccent2).RGB = RGB(240, 179, 35) 
    .ThemeColorScheme(msoThemeAccent3).RGB = RGB(97, 94, 155) 
    .ThemeColorScheme(msoThemeAccent4).RGB = RGB(217, 192, 169) 
    .ThemeColorScheme(msoThemeAccent5).RGB = RGB(0, 178, 169) 
    .ThemeColorScheme(msoThemeAccent6).RGB = RGB(72, 159, 223)
    .ThemeColorScheme(msoThemeHyperlink).RGB = RGB(1, 66, 106)  
    .ThemeColorScheme(msoThemeFollowedHyperlink).RGB = RGB(97, 94, 155) 
    .ThemeColorScheme.Save FileName:="MyColorTheme.xml"    'Overwrites if necessary
  End With

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