Creating and Using Themes

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Changing a Tab’s Colour and Theme

You can make each tab unique through different colours and themes.

 

Here’s How

  1. View the tab that you want to change by clicking its title in the tab bar.

    Click the tab.

  2. Click Change Appearance.

    Click Change Appearance.

    The theme gallery opens.

    The theme gallery opens.Enlarge

  3. Click categories to view options on the right.

    Click one of the categories to view background choices.

  4. To view additional options within a category, click the arrow button to the right of the options.

    Click the arrow to view additional options within a category.

  5. To preview a colour or theme, click one of the options.

    Click an option to preview it on your page.

    Your tab shows you what it’s going to look like dressed in the selected option. If you don’t like it, try another.

  6. When you have the colour or theme you like, click the I’m Done button.

    Click the I’m Done button.

    Your tab uses the new colour or theme until you decide to change it.

    Your new look.

 

What’s Next

In addition to using a predefined theme, you can create your own themes.

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Words to Know

  • Tab: an organisational unit in My Yahoo! used to organise content into meaningful groups. My Yahoo! can have up to nine tabs.