Themes

Themes are a quick and easy way to insert a background onto each page and/or text style and/or title. There are several themes that are available to you in the gallery, but you can also create your own theme. If you would like to add a theme from the gallery, click on the gallery and then "background and themes" in the bottom of the pane. Click on one of the themes (for instance ABC) and you will be prompted with 3 options.

1. Insert theme on all pages
Use this if you want to have every single page in your notebook to have this theme.
2. Insert theme on all pages of current group
If you have been grouping your pages, you can choose to add a theme to only one of the groups.
3. Insert theme on current page only
If you only want one page to have this theme, choose this option.

You will most likely find that you would like to create your own theme that is specific to the topic you are teaching. To do this, choose "format" from the file menu and then "themes." If you already have a background and pictures on a page, you can choose "create theme from page" and have that page begin your theme. if you choose "create theme" you will be starting from scratch.

The first thing you should do is create a name for your theme that is distinct and will allow you to find it at a later date. The words "the text style" appear in the edit box. Double click on them to open the text box, highlight the words and change them to the text style and size that you would like for your theme. THESE WORDS DO NOT APPEAR IN YOUR THEME. This is where you are setting the theme's font - not creating something to appear on each page in the theme. When your theme is added to a page, group or notebook, this font style will be applied to every page.

Change the background color, add pictures and graphics as well as a title if you want it to appear on every page. Anything you add when creating the theme will appear when you apply the theme. Be sure to click on save and your theme is now in your "my content" folder in the gallery and can be added to an individual page, page grouping or entire notebook. It's that easy.

I have created several themes that are nothing but font style and text sizes. For instance, I have a theme that is called papyrus. I add that theme to a notebook if I have been using a different font style and want to have every single page changed to papyrus font without changing each individual text box. If you have specific types of fonts that you enjoy working with, it is easy to create a theme with the style and size font that you prefer to work with and save it. You can then change a notebook's text style and font by just adding the theme to the notebook.