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 . Thx

Bingo. An option that was lost in migrating to the "New Outlook".

What we want is a way to have the interface in dark mode, but the messages in white mode/don't make any messages dark mode. Preserve the original message formatting but make the rest of the ineterface dark

There are way to many simple features that are wrong or not carried over from the old Outlook that bother me. I'm going to just switch back. It certainly looked better for the most part but this and it just seems slower.

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...

Can this please be fixed...I will not use New Outlook until it it is!

New Outlook mode - Light/Dark background setting

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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.

Thx

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Anonymous

2023-10-26T17:05:39+00:00

Bingo.
An option that was lost in migrating to the "New Outlook".
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2023-10-26T15:17:04+00:00

What we want is a way to have the interface in dark mode, but the messages in white mode/don't make any messages dark mode. Preserve the original message formatting but make the rest of the ineterface dark
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2023-10-23T20:42:19+00:00

There are way to many simple features that are wrong or not carried over from the old Outlook that bother me. I'm going to just switch back. It certainly looked better for the most part but this and it just seems slower.
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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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2023-10-18T17:26:54+00:00

Can this please be fixed...I will not use New Outlook until it it is!
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