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
    2013-09-18T17:28:52+00:00

    I concur with all other users in this thread. Office 2013 is an aesthetic mess. The ribbon is like looking at cold industrial steel with an inscription on it that is hard to read. The contrast is terrible. We will not be deploying this build anytime soon. Office 2010 offers much better aesthetics and performs better as well. I cannot remotely imagine what MS was thinking with this!

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-09-17T22:24:25+00:00

    I would like to see some way to skin Office 365.  If Microsoft would allow user-made skins it would go a long way to make the product user-friendly. The limited options are awful, bad, not-so-bad, maybe a little not-so-bad.  How about some blue or green background options?  It shouldn't be painful to look at the screen for long periods of time.  White is too bright.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-09-10T14:51:36+00:00

    I was surprised about the lack of choice of colours but thought I could live with it - until yesterday. Then working on a large spreadsheet with a tight deadline for a customer requirements document I managed to select multiple worksheets and "insert copied cells" without noticing until it was too late to undo. I then spent the next 4 hours recreating my work.

    2013 is going tonight. What a complete disaster. Oh and I received a Windows phone as a work mobile - the default colour schemes on that are unreadable as well. Although at least they can be changed. Good luck Nokia.....

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-09-07T09:05:20+00:00

    Much as I dislike gripe-fests, I am compelled to chime in here. My eyes are aging. I need greater contrast to calm my inner child and keep it focused on the job at hand. Office 2013 feels too much like staring at the sun. I won’t go into comparisons with previous versions or competitor tools. However, I should like to find a way to tame the color choices, better yet, lack of choices that Office 2013 serves up.

    Bolt N. Latch

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