How to add color themes to resources

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Admins can upload color themes XML files in the system generated ColorThemes data source in the Admin Center and reference to them in other data sources and use the color themes in Dynamics via the Dynamics Designer in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. 

Prerequisites

What are color theme files?

Color theme files are XML files that contain two sets of dark and light colors, six accents, and colors for visited and unvisited hyperlinks. Word, PowerPoint, and Excel all use these color themes for documents. Templafy can set these color themes using Dynamic templates.

For more on color themes then visit this support article from Microsoft: Change a theme and make it the default in word or excel

Once you have created a color theme in the respective Office program then they can be retrieved in the following directory:

C:\Users\JaneDoe\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\Document Themes\Theme Colors

You'll notice they carry the same name you have given them within Office but with the .XML extension.

How to upload color themes XML files to a data source

1. Navigate to the Resource tab in the Admin Center
2. Click on the system generated Data source named ColorThemes
   
   
   
   
3. Click on View Items
4. Click Create
5. Add a name to your file
6. Click Upload and select the desired XML  file
   
   
   
   
7. Click Create
   
   

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