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
    2013-12-21T17:26:13+00:00

    Office 2013 is the ultimate disaster from Microsoft.  It is evident that they want to copy Apple with their IOS 7.  Windows 8 looks like a ripoff of IOS 7. They both look horrible.

    The easy solution is to drop Windows and Office and opt for Linux and Open Office. MySql is there for database needs.

    Being the Owner and CEO of a pretty good sized company, it was a fiscal relief to drop everything Microsoft and move to open source. Well almost, we did drop SQL Server and move to Oracle for the ERP system.

    Windows 8 and Office 2013 was the last straw in an already frayed relationship.

    Microsoft is no longer allowed in the company. They lost many dollars, well into 6 figures per year because of this.

    I do keep my Windows 7 system at home, but like many others, I obliterated Office 2013 and replaced it with Office 2010.

    Adios Microsoft.  There is a better way to go now.  You are obsolete.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-12-27T17:25:36+00:00

    What did you replace Office with at work? We're currently evaluating Google and they're REALLY compelling from a price perspective. Features are lacking on paper but in practice, I don't think they're missing anything we really care about.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-12-31T17:56:29+00:00

    You could try and go to the High Contrast Black theme whenever you use office. You can even make whatever color scheme you want. Just revert to the default theme when you are done working in Office...

    Not a amazing solution but it helps.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-12-31T21:05:28+00:00

    I tried that with two better/more like Office products: OpenOffice and LibreOffice, but had to drop it before my evaluation even got started because we use a lot of VBA.

    Boy, was that a let down.

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