Themes apply document backgrounds that are designed for viewing documents on the screen only. To add a printable background, borders, or shading to your page, use the Printed Watermark command (by pointing to Background on the Format menu) or the Borders and Shading command (Format menu).
My document background is not displayed.
Themes apply document backgrounds, which Microsoft Word displays only in Web layout view or print layout view.
To switch views, click Web Layout or Print Layout on the View menu. If you want Word to display your document in Web layout view or print layout view the next time the document is opened, save your document in this view before you close it.
I chose the Active Graphics option when I applied the theme, but none of the graphics are animated.
To see the animation of theme graphics, view the Web page in a Web browser. Microsoft Word does not display the animation of graphics.
When I set a default theme, it isn't being applied to new documents, Web pages, or e-mail messages.
To set the default theme for new Web pages, you should first open a Web page, not a document. To set the default theme for new documents, you should first open a document.
To set a default theme for e-mail messages, use the E-mail Options dialog box. To display the E-mail Options dialog box, click Tools on the Options menu, click the General tab, and then click E-mail Options.