FP2003 Themes...any more/less/different than 2002?

[Morbius]

First, I'm a complete neophyte at FP. I purchased 2002 about a month
ago, and applied for the free 2003 upgrade, which just arrived. I've
done nothing more in FP2002 than step through a tutorial I found that
has you create a "Champion" web site, and I've practiced building a
site, based on one of the themes in FP2002, Studio I think was the name
fo the theme.

Anyway, I installed FP2003 last night, and told the install to
"upgrade" my current install. When I started FP2003, it did load up the
site I had been practicing on, and everything looked OK. But as I
looked around the interface, I noticed that it didn't appear that there
were any more. or newer, themes available to me than what I had in
FP2002. Now, I'm not sure that there SHOULD be more/newer themes in
this version, but I was certainly hoping there would be.

Looking around the internet, I found a reference to how you could
supposedly install additional FP2003 themes:

"The FrontPage/Office program CD comes with a bunch of additional
themes; to install them on your computer, in the Select a Theme area,
click the Install Additional Themes icon (it's the selection at the very
bottom), and then follow the directions that appear on your screen."

Well, when I go to the Select a Theme dialog in the right-hand pane, and
scroll to the bottom of the available themes (which again, all look like
the old FP2002 themes to me), I don't see an "Install Additional
Themes" icon anywhere?!?

So my question is, are there any more/newer themes in FP2003 than were
in FP2002? If so, how and where do I find them? This program is sadly
lacking in any kind of manual or instruction, and I'm just not familiar
enough with it to figure this out. Thanks in advance for any info.

 

[Jim Buyens]

To install additional Themes from the FrontPage CD, go to
Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, Microsoft Office
FrontPage 2003, Add/Remove Features, and expand the
various options. There's at least one in there
called, "AdditionalThemes".

Beyond that, thre are thousands of Themes available around
the Internet, some free, and some for a minor charge.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
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[John Clark]

2003 came with 20 new themes, but you wouldn't be able to tell just by
looking. If you have a theme called "Afternoon" then you have the 20 new
themes.