New Outlook mode - Light/Dark background setting

Anonymous
2023-05-04T12:42:24+00:00

Where can I find the below setting when I'm in the "New Outlook" mode:

If you prefer, you can disable dark mode so that the message window is always white when using the black theme. The icons to switch dark mode on or off are disabled when you disable dark mode.

  • In Outlook, go to File > Options.
  • On the General page, look for Personalize your copy of Microsoft Office.
  • Set the Office Theme to Black and select the check box next to Never change the message background color.
  • Select OK.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-05-29T14:28:39+00:00

    +1 for restoring the "Never change the message background color" in New version of Outlook. This sort of feature should not be abandoned by a software upgrade. While my eyes appreciate dark mode in most apps, I need the reading pane of email to remain white. This was a simple checkbox next to the theme in previous version of Outlook. The new version lets you change reading pane background one message at a time, but the selection does not stick. I'd be fine with the option as-is if it stayed in desired state until clicked again.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-02-19T10:32:23+00:00

    Joining the crowd calling for this feature.

    The New Outlook is, for me, unusable until the Dark Mode with white message background becomes available (I have been using this for years in the old Outlook).

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-02-09T21:20:54+00:00

    I agree. New Outlook must have feature "Always show light background for messages".

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-10-18T19:18:27+00:00

    I'm fixing to uninstall, most publications are still not optimized for a dark-mode message background, although I do like having the rest of the UI in dark mode. But for now it's gotta go... I tried, but it's starting to drive me nuts...

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