How to change the theme of Office 2013

Anonymous
2012-10-25T13:14:57+00:00

How do I change the Theme in Office 2013?

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Anonymous
2012-10-25T13:15:23+00:00

You can change the theme in Office by clicking File > Account page in any Office product with the exception of Outlook. In Outlook, Click File > Office Account to change the theme.

There are three themes available in Office 2013:

White - Default

Light Gray

Dark Gray

For more information, view the page below:

Change the Office theme

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-07-28T15:53:03+00:00

    Its been long enough now I HATE this look, why oh why Microsoft changed it from an editable capability to change fonts and size etc....

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-07-07T22:25:04+00:00

    The look and the themes of MS Office 2013 are awful, the dark gray is not dark, has a poor contrast ratio and it is causing me eyestrain that I have never before had, thanks MS for retrograding this product by 10 or more years.  What are you thinking?!?!?!?!?

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-06-25T01:30:08+00:00

    Kirra - not long really. I've tried but again, the features just don't stack up to the sheer unusability of product.

    I'm 56, I need glasses to read a book but at the moment I'm fortunate in that I don't need glasses to do my job (I'm a infrastructure engineer - an old MCSE!). This involves staring at dual LCDs running @ 1920 x 1200 during the day.  I have no problem coping with Office 2010 which I use constantly. 2013, Visio specifically, requires me to squint to execute basic tasks such as laying out the plan for data center components and using the rulers to ensure the row spacing is accurate. I don't want to compromise on screen real estate i.e. lowering the resolution as this just means more scrolling around the page. I'm also miffed that I should even need to consider this as I regard this as a "form over function" descision.

    Simple answer is to just keep using 2010.  Problem for MS is I can also influence some of the descisions in my company (only 1000 users) and I'm happy to let others know of my issues. Not huge but...

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-06-23T20:36:27+00:00

    I switched from Outlook 2013 back to Hotmail.  I don't get the Outlook format of white, white and white.   Visual Studio 2012 is gray.  I was never big on a lot of color, but some color helps to find icons and areas.

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