How to change the theme of Office 2013

Thank you for the feedback on Office’s new look. We are actively collecting, sorting and reading through feedback on Office 2013’s design and User Experience. As the audience for Office 2013 grows, we are being mindful of patterns and pain points that emerge from user feedback. While we do not have any additional Themes planned at this time, it is an issue we are watching very closely.

Its all very well MS looking at stuff, but where does it get the audacity to decide that the program I have paid a not inconsiderate amount for is still theirs to decide how it should look?

I don't want white or grey, I want to be able to choose the colour and font on my office documents.

If MS have not got this yet then they have seriously misunderstood their customers requirements.

My computer is not for a bland office environment, I want it to be pleasing to the eye.

Dear Microsoft,

Why is there a serious lack of congruency between Microsoft products? Why can I not have my office apps, visual studio, and windows all have the same look/feel? It's not as if we (see above) are asking you to change the themes for 3rd party apps. Themes came about how long ago as an OS built in feature? Why are there no options for color schemes? I say no options because dark gray hardly looks dark gray, in fact it seems lighter than neutral gray. It's too bright! I like to have outlook open on my second monitor while I'm working but I can't stand it as I have this giant white ball of light blasting in through the side of my vision. Adjusting the monitor is not a viable option as anytime you switch to another app you would have to adjust it again.

Congruent theming between Microsoft apps has been a staple feature for over a decade. It is reasonable to assume that this feature would continue to be offered. In-fact one could say that it is a feature that lead thousands of customers to purchase.

Furthermore, upgrading to a new version just so one can have a dark theme that matches the rest of the operating system/software packages is a ridiculous notion for such an expensive purchase.

Do not reply with that lame copy-paste response. Thousands of paying customers are complaining about this low-cost easy to fix issue. Which in-turn means that there are thousands more that despise it equally as much but have not sought to supply their two-cents.

Do reply with something along the lines of "it will be fixed in the next update".

Sincerely,

-Shareholder

Realistically, I don't think Microsoft is going to fix this. With their resources, even on the lowest priority budget, how long could it take ? a month ? 6 months at most ? If they were going to fix it then they already would have. It will just be yet another outrage that leaves half the world's computer users compromised and clamouring for a fix that never happens - like the can't-set-a-default-colour-profile bug that has been in windows for years and a whole load of others I could list that have never been fixed either.

You haven't seen my post above ?

They will fix for Office 2015.  Meaning people using 2013 will need to pay for a new license in order to get dark theme.

Reference (hope it's reliable source through):

Microsoft's next version of Office includes a Clippy-like helper and a very dark theme

Realistically, I don't think Microsoft is going to fix this. With their resources, even on the lowest priority budget, how long could it take ? a month ? 6 months at most ? If they were going to fix it then they already would have. It will just be yet another outrage that leaves half the world's computer users compromised and clamouring for a fix that never happens - like the can't-set-a-default-colour-profile bug that has been in windows for years and a whole load of others I could list that have never been fixed either.