Overview
A theme is a set or properties which can be take Styles as values (with the exception of lighting styles). For example you might set the Annotation Text property in your theme to a style that you use for all your albums. Themes provide a way of encapsulating a set of styles that you may use for various elements of your album into a single object. This allows you to easily port your favorite set of styles to other albums without having to import each individual style. The Icon used for is a bunch of combs, representing a collection of styles. Creation and editing of themes is only available in Photokeeper Professional.
Usage
To create a new theme, right click the themes side view, and select “New”. This will bring of the New Theme Dialog from which you can select the name and sharing properties of the new theme. To find out more about these options please refer to New Theme. You can also copy an existing theme to modify by right clicking the theme you want to duplicate and selecting “Duplicate”.
You can select multiple themes by holding down the CTRL key and left clicking the themes you want to select. This is useful for selecting multiple themes that you might want to export, and deleting or duplicating multiple themes at once.
When you are applying themes to a page, all the objects on the page will also have the theme applied to them. Any new object that are added to the page will also have the theme applied to them. The same applies to pages in general; when pages are added or inserted, they take on the theme of the current page.
When using a theme, some styles are not applied to the page along with the theme. These styles are Anchor Connector Type, Target Relative edge, Defines Orbit, Callout Sharpen, and Callout Arrowhead End. These properties can be modified through the properties dialog. To access the properties dialog for most items, simply right click the item, and select Properties.
Broken Themes
A broken theme is one which is has a broken style linked to it. A broken style is a style that is using a texture which is missing from the system.
Importing and Exporting
Themes can be imported and exported. Exporting themes is useful for saving a set of themes that you have created and would like to send to a friend, or for making backups. Exported themes can then be imported later by simply importing the theme. To export a theme, right click the theme you want to export and select “Export to Theme Pack”. This brings up an Export theme pack dialog from which you can select various options for the exported theme. To find out more about these options please refer to the “Export Theme Pack Dialog”. To import a theme, right click anywhere in the themes side view and select “Import from theme Pack”. This will bring up a file browsing dialog from which you can select the theme pack to import.
The "None" Theme
A special theme exists called “none”. This is useful for removing frames from photos, for example. If you want to revert all the properties of an element on a page, or a page, to their defaults, drop the None Theme onto it.
Professional Users
Finally, professional users are able to create new themes from scratch, or by copying existing ones. Please see our website at https://www.regsoft.net/regsoft/vieworderpage.php3?productid=50967 for details on upgrading from a Standard License to a Professional License, as well as the differences between the two. For more information about upgrading please visit http://www.aephid.com/photokeeper-upgrade-to-pro.html.