A theme is a package of graphical specifications, such as colors and iconsets, used to customize the appearance of a UI.

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change background and font colors in mac terminal

is it possible, I want to change the color the white background is not too appealing.
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Default Textbox Colors in Powerpoint 2007

How do i change defalut colors for a new Textbox in PowerPoint 2007? I am using a custom themed presentation template that someone gave me and every time I create a new text box it is white text on ...
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Reset Eclipse Theme

I downloaded and imported an Eclipse theme and it did not look good, I believe because I also have Epic installed. Is there a Reset All? I'm afraid I will need to re-install. I have tried Restore ...
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Alternatives to Window Blinds for Windows 7?

I would like to reskin Windows 7. I have bought Window Blinds, but I am looking for clean and simplistic Skins, Window Blind Skins are extremely pimped out. Are there any alternative to Window ...
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Ubuntu most menu items dark-on-dark

Since to ubuntu 10.04 upgrade move of my drop-down menus have been dark-on-dark text, which becomes readable (changed background) when selected. I don't know what's causing this but it's a problem on ...
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Free Bootskin + Logon Screen Software

I need some free tool to edit/create logon screens and boot screens for my Windows XP.
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SQL Server Management Studio Color Schemes?

Is there a way to apply color schemes and themes to SQL Server Management Studio? I really enjoy the ones for Visual Studio 2005/2008/2010 and would love to have something like that. Color Schemes ...
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How do I restore a theme in Outlook 2003?

Is there a way to restore a theme in Outlook 2003?
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Is it possible to theme Windows 7 like XP?

Everybody seems to mean the window frame colour and a set of desktop background pictures when they're talking about Windows 7 themes. Does anybody remember what themes used to be in Windows XP? You ...
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How to change the skin on VS2010

The dark and light contrast on the VS2010 IDE is not as comfortable on the eyes as the previous versions. Any way of changing the colors on the IDE skin?
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opera default theme become black ?

I am using Opera 10.5 on my Windows Vista Aero theme , and the tabs color have black color . why that is there a un-compatibility between Vista and opera ?
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How to unpack a chrome theme?

How to unpack a packed chrome theme(*.crx)? Their FAQ states how to pack, but not how to unpack.
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use theme for X11

HI all sorry for my bad English My program (GTK) runs in Linux (Ubuntu) without any problem and its themes are fine but when I change my system to run just X and then my program, it runs but without ...
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Why does my Windows 7 back ground and theme settings reset to default after every reboot?

I have the new Asus G73. Everything is perfect, but for unknown reasons to me after customizing the background and theme colors, rebooting resets all these back to default (the theme that originally ...
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How do I extract a background from a Windows 7 Theme file?

Pretty obvious, How do I extract a background from a Windows 7 Theme file? I like the background pics from some of the themes I've downloaded, but is there anyway I can get the pictures (background ...
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How to disable Windows system sounds - permanently - but not application sound

I prefer the sound scheme of Windows 7 HP to be set to "No Sounds" ALL the time. The problem is, when I switch themes, the themes switch sound schemes also. I know I can go in and disable/change to ...
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Themes for windows 7 32 bit

I want to make my own themes, like the ones found on creativex.net. Is there a program out there that can help me with this ?
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textmate - change cursor color

i'm using a theme for textmate which i really like but the cursor color is almost invisible. how do i change the color of the cursor? looking at the preferences, i don't see an option to change the ...
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Permission denied in Ubuntu

I have a file which includes new icons for my system. Anyway, How can I change my old icons down with new ones? The name of the new icon pack is "myFAV-TUX" and it's sitting on my desktop. The ...
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Center all windows title using gconf-editor?

I want to center my windows title like so: Instead of having them aligned to the right: Is there a setting I can change in gconf-editor or is this something controlled by each theme?
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Mac OS X X11 gnome clients theme

Is there any program to set the theme of x11 gnome applications under Mac OS X? I've installed macports and gnome, but I cant find the gnome-theme-manager that I'm using when under linux.
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Installing gtk+ themes on Windows

How do I download a gtk+ theme and install it on a computer running Windows? I know that I can select a few of the themes from the theme selector, but not sure how I install one.
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Any reasons to avoid using Windows XP Themes?

There are so many cool themes out there for Windows XP. I'm interested in trying some out, but I wanted to check with the SU community first: Assuming you download and install a theme from a ...
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How do I install a gtk theme?

You'd think this would be a bit more obvious, but I've been been googling for 45 minutes without anything clear about how to do this. I've tried installing gnome-art .. but it doesn't have any way ...
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Set PuTTY's appearance in Windows

Is it possible to configure PuTTY to have me some nice colour scheme like vim's desert? I'm an PuTTY user under Windows and my login shell is tcsh. The current PuTTY theme setting is a very boring ...
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Are there any Firefox themes that work when Ubuntu has a dark theme?

Does anyone know of firefox themes which are usuable when gnome has a black theme? I find that none of the borders are visible, and that often times text for certain context menues are completely ...
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Have both scrollbar buttons at bottom in Ubuntu

I want to have both of my scrollbar buttons at the bottom like the way it is on a mac. How can I do this in Ubuntu? I know some themes support it but I was wondering if there was a way to make this ...
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Using themes in visio

I'm looking for a good reference on how to properly use themes in Visio. Here's been my experience so far: Create a flowchart diagram - nothing fancy, just all black & white. No formatting ...
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Windows 7 desktop background went black after enabling second monitor

I've enabled my second monitor, works great (even though I don't want to use it, but that's another matter) Now, the background on both displays is... not what it should be, i.e. the background ...
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Is there a way to find the name of the current theme in Google Chrome?

I have setup theme in Chrome, but it was awhile ago, probably when Chrome got official support for themes. I can't find the way to get the name of my current theme installed. I want to use same theme ...
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What are some of the better Windows 7 Themes? [closed]

I'm mostly looking for good desktop backgrounds here. Themes as in Windows 7 Theme Packs.
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Is it possible to apply a Theme to Google Chrome when it's in “Application Mode”?

I've applied the "brushed" theme (https://tools.google.com/chrome/intl/en/themes/theme%5Fbrushed.html) to my main google chrome browser windows without any problem. However none of the "application ...
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Is there a way to use opensuse 11.2 's greenish theme in another distro?

I am currently using Arch+kdemod with the default Air theme. But I like opensuse's greenish theme very much. Is there a way to import opensuse's theme into my current environment?
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Where can I get TV-style sound effects for my computer?

I need to clarify here- because I don't know what you'd call them... But you know when you're watching CSI or Law & order (or any movie where they show how hi-tech the characters are because they ...
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How to fall back to the default Color Theme in Emacs?

I have applied a Color Theme. How can I get back to the default theme without restarting Emacs (version 23)?
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Windows to look like Mac

Does anybody know any way to make my windows computer running vista look like a mac?
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What is a good website for finding Windows 7 themes? [closed]

If I search for Windows 7 Themes with either Google or Bing, I seem to get a lot of spammy websites as results. Of course there's the personalization gallery at Microsoft's website, but I'm hoping to ...
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Are there any “tv/movie/fiction hacker” looking desktop themes compatible with Ubuntu?

Hackers on TV, you know, the kind that hack government networks by mashing keys, always have this super cool over the top desktop themes, that unlike their button mashing hacker skills, I hope the ...
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How to develop a Google chrome theme?

I have some design ideas for Google Chrome. I want to convert it into a theme. I searched a lot, but did not find a satisfactory explanation on how to go about doing that. Do you know what needs to ...
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Notepad++ Tweaking

Is it possible to get NotePad++ to have background themes like other text editors have? I know that you can have syntax highlighting, but I've seen editors like Eclipse and Visual Studio have ...
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Science-fi style sound themes

Where can I get those Science-fi movie style sound themes for my Windows xp Teet-teet-teet-.tit…tit Like that…
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what is a GTK theme engine?

short and simple: what is a GTK engine vs a theme etc?
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how to get rid of top window borders in Ubuntu

I'm losing a lot of precious vertical screen real estate to the fat border at the top of each window. is there anything I can do to make it go away or get it down to 2 pixels?
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Changing Aero theme to Classic on Windows Vista

How do I change the Aero theme to Classic in Windows Vista?
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How to create new iWeb Theme (iLife)

Is it possible to create new iWeb Theme? How can I do it? Is there any place where I can download themes other than those that came with iLife?
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Better window arrangement for Windows XP?

Does anyone know of a tool or plugin for Windows XP that allows me to "dock" a window on one half of the screen, as if that half were an entirely separate display? Ideally, I'd like to be able to ...
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Gnome not working well with NoMachine

First of all, NoMachine is working for me. However, at some point with my Ubuntu/Gnome machine, I got an update for Gnome and now when running NoMachine I no longer get all of the theme elements. ...
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GNOME theme packs (themes that match each other)

Different parts of GNOME use different themes. There are GTK theme, Beryl (or Metacity) theme, icon theme, mouse pointer theme. Also, there is a GTK theme engine concept. And so on. This is perfectly ...
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free mac appearance regarding utilities / softwares

When I was working on windows. I was used to install CrystalXP, And many other softwares - themes for windows. The appearance of the terminal - if looks good, you feel better & like to work with ...
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Preventing Ubuntu theme from changing the appearance of Firefox

How do I prevent the themes that I've installed into Ubuntu from affecting how Firefox looks? Changing the way the window looks is okay, but it's changing the way my tabs, menus and text box areas are ...