WORD 2013 Themes

Why are only a limited amount of themes showing up under the Design Tab of the ribbon?

Hi,
Word 2013 provides some default themes for users' convenience, however, we understand it may not meet all users' needs. To have more themes, we can modify existing themes to make your own custom themes. We can start by modifying existing theme
colors and fonts:
To create a custom color theme, choose Colors -> Customize Colors. Use the Create New Theme Colors dialog box to pick and choose which colors apply to text or various graphical elements in your document.
To create a custom font theme, choose Fonts -> Customize Fonts. Use the Create New Theme Fonts dialog box to select fonts — one for the headings and another for the body text.
In each case, give the new theme a name and save it. You can then choose that theme from the Custom area of either the Colors or Fonts menu.
When you’re using a set of theme colors, fonts, and graphics styles, you can collect the various elements as a theme: Choose Save Current Theme from the Theme menu, and use the dialog box to give your theme a proper descriptive name and save it. The theme
you create then appears in the Custom area of the Themes menu.
Microsoft also provides many online templates, you can search and find the templates from this link below:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-001/templates/results.aspx?qu=word%202013&avg=zwd&queryid=542b363d%2Dfc17%2D455a%2D9d01%2Dd7b689ce4f14&av=zwd150#
If you like the theme in one template, for example this one:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-001/templates/ion-design-blank-TC103457711.aspx
Download and open the template, Choose Save Current Theme as mentioned above, thus the theme in the template will appear in your Custom area.
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