I've been having some issues with that myself. Here's what I found
out so far.

1. Theme colors apply only to those cells that are formatted with
theme colors. Those are not the "standard" colors. For example, if
you select a new theme, you'll see the color pallette change:

http://www.44lbs.net/ilia/theme_urban.jpg
http://www.44lbs.net/ilia/theme_metro.jpg

2. For fonts, you also have to use theme fonts for change to take
place. Here's an example:

http://www.44lbs.net/ilia/theme_office.jpg
http://www.44lbs.net/ilia/theme_custom1.jpg

Hope this helps.


On Mar 14, 4:29 pm, Linda wrote:
I'm having the same problem. I select the theme but nothing happens. It is
working correctly in Word 2007 just not in Excel 2007. Is there something
else I need to enable or add on?
Linda

"Bill" wrote:
I'm having the same issue. They have never worked in Excel 2007 and have
recently downloaded the update and still no luck with Themes.

Thanks for any help/suggestions.

"Rich K" wrote:

I can't get themes to work in Excel 2007. If I point, click or stand on my
head, the theme doesn't apply to my worksheet. It flickers, but no theme,
just the same old default monochrome.

Help?