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Create a Theme

After you open the Employee data model, identify the company departments and create a theme for each object or model.

When you create a theme, you can select and apply the theme to any object or model in the Theme Editor. For example, suppose that your Employee data model has separate objects for part-time and full-time employees working in the same department. You can apply a theme to the part-time employee object to differentiate it from the remaining objects in the Employee data model.

You use the Defaults tab to set the preferences for font and fill colors for all objects in your model. When you select a theme for your model, all objects in your model inherit these values.

Follow these steps:

1. Open erwin Data Modeler and then open a data model.
2. Expand Model Explorer, right-click Themes, and click New.

   A new theme is created with a default name.

3. Right-click the new theme and click Properties.

   The Theme Editor opens.

4. (Optional) Edit the name of the theme.
5. Edit the properties in each column for the new theme.
6. Click the Defaults tab and make your selections for the desired options as appropriate for your organization.
7. (Optional) Customize your theme by selecting the desired options on the other tabs as appropriate for your organization.
8. Click Close.

   A theme is created and the Theme Editor closes.

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