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Copper Contributor

Jul 06, 2023

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Customize theme fonts Word

I cannot set custom font sets/theme fonts as this feature seems to be missing in my version. See attached screenshot where I compare the option on my computer to option that is showed on an online su...

Stefan_Blom
Jul 06, 2023
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I believe that you can't create theme fonts in Word for Mac. You need Word for Windows for that.

KTrock

Copper Contributor

Nov 18, 2025

Replying to this as it seems relevant. I just installed Office 365 on MacBook and opened a doc in Word. I thought we could hover over installed themes and fonts and the entire document would briefly render them. Even if I choose one outright, it only works on selected text in my doc. Any ideas?

Thanks,

Ken

Charles_Kenyon
Bronze Contributor
Nov 21, 2025
KTrock
You may want to post your own question. See Stefan Blom's July 6, 2023 response in this thread.
You may want to look at Font Themes by John Korchok.
The simplest solution may be to create the Theme Fonts file in Word for Windows.
See also my article (Windows): Quick Style Sets and Themes in Microsoft Word
You may want to look at the following feedback and comment and vote, or add feedback of your own.
Major Feature Discrepancies Between Word on Windows and Mac
Once you have a theme you like, you can apply it to your Normal.dotm file and it will then be a part of any new documents.