Set Office 2013 Document Themes with Group Policy

We have created a document theme (as opposed to the Office UI theme) and want to set this as the default for Word 2013 & Excel 2013 for all users without them having to do this themselves. Eg, in Word, under DESIGN, select the prefered Theme & "Set
as Default"
There doesn't seem to be anything in the Office 2013 ADM and I have not be able to locate any registry key.
Is this possible?

Hi,
We can use the Office Customization Tool to create a customized .msp file, and then deploy it across the organization.
Please refer to blog article below, and look on the middle of the article which introduces how to create the customization .msp file.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/emeaoffice/archive/2012/12/12/office-2010-deploying-custom-fonts-across-all-applications.aspx
Note: This article is for Office 2010, but it also applies to Office 2013.
Hope this helps.
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Steve Fan
TechNet Community Support

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