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A theme to complement the new look sported by Office 2007 (well done Microsoft!).

Includes Blue & Black themes, both with two start buttons and shellstyles.

Fonts
- Install Segoe UI, Cambria and Calibri and turn on ClearType.

Drop Shadows & The Start Menu
- See readme file for more information.

Version History:
1.0 - Initial Release
1.1 - improved Start menu to avoid issues related to non-fast user switching. (preview)
1.2 - fixed: scrollbars, toolwindow buttons, toolbar colour & more
1.3 - Added font selection (now support Tahoma & Verdana), improve MDI close/restore buttons, start button text bug fixed


Enjoy!

Andy.

It's kinda unusal. I kinda like it. Although, I /did/ just drink a couple of pints...

VERY cool Andy! Awesome job. Good job with the likeness to the MS suite.
Thanks! Only chocolate milk here!

Anyone else having problems with the mouseover on "Log off' and "shutdown"? Also, in the screenshot it says "Turn off computer". On my computer it says "shut down"... This must be why.

Edit: I have the classic logon screen. So it must be a bug?

same here, I have all the fonts and the start menu is borked. (classic logon too)

Ah right, I'd forgotten that text could change, will fix that today & re-upload!

Apologies & Thanks for all the comments (!?!?!)

Edit: DeviantArt is in read-only mode for maintenance, will post it when I'm back from uni!

oops I forgot. Nice vs hornett

Nice skin , thank you

hornett,

Thx for checking on it! The VS is awesome. Don't think I'm ever switching from it

ciaran

Update: Altered Start menu to allow for the text length changing. Unfortunately this means losing the 'buttons' on the lower pane and replacing them with icons.

The download on dA is still the old version...

Anyway: Thanks for this very, very good visual style. I really appreciate it!

Oopsie! Fixed

Yep. It's the new version now. Thanks again!

The text will read "Turn off computer" if you don't log into a domain. I assume you're buggering around with your work computer? I do it, too. So far IT hasn't gotten mad at me...

Awesome VS Thanks for this, always loved the new office 2007 style

You should set the Toolbar Fillcolor to the same value as the Menubar (193 202 216 in the blue style). Otherwise it looks odd in some programs (grey toolbar background).

Text reads "shut down" for a classic logon no matter what, since I don't have a domain at home. Maybe because i turned fast user switch off

I AM using this VS at work though, and it confuses the heck out of IT folks logging in remotely (like one did today to troubleshoot an issue I had). They're like, uh u got Vista on here!!

I hate working on generic Windows tho!

Thx hornett for the update.

ciaran

Congratulations on the release! I'm using it right now.

One minor thing though. I just don't like the start button for the blue version.

Issues:
If you use the startbar at the top like I do...


The max(?) doesn't show correctly...

That is why the traditional start button is there!

As for the max button, not sure why that is. Thanks for the report. Which app is that?

Not sure if it's a bug but it's been bugging since I've been using this vs : scrollbars looks misaligned (or too small by 1 pixel to the left).

App is Photoshop. Those windows are the toolbar type windows. The max doesnt show properly and also it's obvious in the black one... when focus is taken away from the windows, the X button still looks like it would on a focussed window. There probably just needs to be new resources for the toolbar type windows for the Max and the X buttons... i am not that knowledgeable

You could probably just make those look like the styles pane in word 2k7

ciaran

Here is a screenshot:

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And the min/max/close buttons for substyles don't fit...

Those are the size 6 glyphs for the buttons. You shift the normal sized buttons and that glyph moves as well. Only the small close button is independent. Most likely you need to undo shifting of your buttons, the glyph will return to its place.

And nice work

Thanks oddbasket. Think I got it sorted.

I've updated the original link to fix the scrollbars, the toolbar colour and the mini window, plus a few other little fixes.

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Sorry

I assume that means it doesn't work?!

Please try and d/l again, the first upload went wrong (the new fangled AJAX upload UI on DA has a few 'quirks'!)

What do you mean by "traditional start button"?

I redownloaded v1.2 again and and now the toolbar fill is okay. But the buttons for maximized subwindows still don't fit the rest of the theme.

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Oh I see, I didn't realise that you meant that. Oh well, I'll roll out 1.3 when I get a chance!

The icons fixed in 1.2 were the Photoshop toolbar min/max icons.

No problem. The vs is very good anyway. Thanks for your great work and responsiveness.


Have a look at the substyles...

Haha, stupid me. Thanks.

I really like the black theme. thanks

This is now fixed, along with some other stuff (fonts etc) - see first post.

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Great! Thank you!

The VS is maturing nicely. This shade of blue isn't just for girls! Thanks.

Fits perfectly with my new Office 2007

Thread Cleaned

If you want to talk about old episodes of Macgyver, pool and Alcohol make a thread in GD.

Here's a mod I did of the Blue (traditional start button) theme using some bmp images from a few different themes from the past which some of you may recognize. They fit nicely overall with the core of this vs. The colors are very soothing and easy on the eyes.

You ruined a great vs...

Only the Blue (traditional start button) one.

I really like this theme, but it doesnt have any large font support.

Just posting here to say that I really like this VS. It's actually the first VS I've used in over 3 years (I've been on Luna blue for just too long). The black substyle also goes very well with the black theme in Office 2007. I now just need a new icon set (following the style set by Office 2007) and wallpaper to go with this theme. This also seems to be the most usable of the black themes with redesigned start buttons.

This VS is very nice and was easily adopted by everyone in the family. I personally feel that there's more refinement left in the author with respect to this theme. For me I wish there were a darker shade of compatible blue for the taskbarbackground /taskbartray. Sometimes I feel overwhelmed by the blast of Office blue on the screen. Yet, there's no denying it. This is a well crafted visual style. Kudos!

Quick bug report. There seems to be a glitch in buttons in Outpost Firewall v4.

Great job! Looks just like Office 2007.

Please friend!

change the start button in the black skin! by the original button in office 2007.

And...

Please i have a wish, can you do a mod with thin bar?

^^+1

I really like this style, but the taskbar is just too fat for me.

Its a great visual style!

But it appears to not support large font, i.e. 120DPI or above. Can you please fix this? It'll be my permanent theme if it supports large fonts.

Is it possible for you to make this theme in dark red (if you have firefox they have a red shift V2 theme, maybe like that color?)

when the updates?