Customize, save, and apply a theme in Word for Mac

Applies To
Word for Microsoft 365 for Mac Word 2024 for Mac Word 2021 for Mac

Themes provide a complete design for your document, including colors, fonts, and other formatting elements. You can customize a built-in theme and save it for reuse in other documents.

  1. If you haven't already applied a theme, on the Design tab, click Themes, and then click the one you want to use.
    On the Design tab, select Themes
  2. Customize the theme by changing the colors, fonts, paragraph spacing, watermark, background colors, or page borders on the Design tab.
    Options for customizing a theme on the Design tab
  3. To save your theme, on the Design tab select Themes, and then select Save Current Theme.
  4. In the Save Current Theme dialog box, type a name for your new theme and select Save.
  5. To apply your saved theme in another document, on the Design tab, select Themes, and then select the theme from the Custom section.
    The Themes menu shows custom and built-in themes