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

This is not the solution we or the OP was looking for. In the previous Outlook, there was an option to use the Dark mode while still using a light background for messages. In the new Outlook I see there is an option do to this (sun icon to "View with a light background") on the individual message, but it only applies to that message and it is not persistent (ie the next time you look at that same message it is dark again). We are looking for a global option that will always apply to all messages.

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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2023-05-15T13:44:27+00:00

This is not the solution we or the OP was looking for. In the previous Outlook, there was an option to use the Dark mode while still using a light background for messages. In the new Outlook I see there is an option do to this (sun icon to "View with a light background") on the individual message, but it only applies to that message and it is not persistent (ie the next time you look at that same message it is dark again). We are looking for a global option that will always apply to all messages.
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