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How Document Themes Work

Overview of how document themes work in the editor

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Written by Emily Caldwell
Updated over 2 months ago

What is Document Theming?

Document Theming is a styling tool that automatically applies a uniform formatting to your documents. Instead of tweaking fonts, headers, and spacing by hand, you can rely on a theme to do the heavy lifting across your entire document.

Why Use a Document Theme?

  • Cleaner formatting – Themes remove unnecessary inline styles like inconsistent fonts, spacing, and colors.

  • Polished, professional look – Every document follows the same approved style, making your content feel branded and cohesive.

  • Less manual work – Skip the tedious formatting. Your document is styled the moment it's created.

How to Apply a Theme

If your account has Document Theming enabled, your documents will automatically use the default theme when they’re generated.

Here’s how to create a new themes or apply existing ones:

Open a document in the text editor

Start by creating a handbook, policy, or agreement in SixFifty and opening it in Editor.

Select a theme style

Use the toolbar in the editor to select an existing theme or create a new one to fit your needs.

Customize your theme settings

For each text type (e.g., Header 1, body text), you can set a font family, font size, and indentation. These settings will be applied uniformly throughout the document.


Things to Know

  • Some views may not show themes yet. Styling may be missing from places like the Version History View, but the document itself is still themed.

  • Highlighting and custom edits: In some cases, custom inline edits (like highlights) may be stripped out when a theme is applied. We’re working to preserve more of those edits in future updates.

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