Change Background color Theme Office 2013

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Has anyone come up with how to Change the Color on the Office 2013 Them from "gray". Microsoft has really not been user friendly with Windows 8 or Office 2013 in enabling the user to change their environment.

I think Microsoft does not read these forum questions. Otherwise, some of the technical people would be contacting their customers to gain feedback.

I am extremely disappointed in the Office 13 and Win8 programs.

Anyone got any ideas?

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Anonymous

Hi,

Thanks for posting in Microsoft Community. It is unfortunate that you are unable to locate the option in Office 2013 to change the theme of applications. Let me help you with the issue.

For the Office 2013 (RTM) version you may follow the below steps:

Go to the File tab
Click on Options
Choose the General tab on the left
Find the ‘O ffice Theme’ dropdown item
Choose between White, Light Gray, and Dark Gray.

If you have Office 2013 preview version installed, then you have an option to change the background color by clicking on File, Options, General and under the group 'Personalize your copy of Microsoft Office', you may choose the background you wish to change to and click ok.

If you are using preview version of Office then you have a Smiley on the top right hand side of the application, you may click on it and send in your feedback.

I hope the above steps help. If you need any further assistance reply and we will be glad to assist you.

Thank you.

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Anonymous

2014-09-02T18:59:56+00:00

Deepa,

Has MSoft given any feedback on when or if they are going to allow us to choose colors for the background and toolbars?

I agree with the others that the choices given are awful. White is harsh and the two greys are hard to read. My one disagreement with some of the others is this new look is actually worse than the DOS versions.

Finally, is there a way to setup a "look" for all of my Office apps (different colors, fonts, formatting, toolbars, etc.)? It would be great if they can have whatever customization flow from desktop to desktop as I sign into Office 2013 through my Office 365 Home account.

Please get them to address this issue. Thanks for any help that you can give -
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Anonymous

2014-09-01T14:04:37+00:00
this works and the colors each form was designed with will mostly come into play moderated by the color " automatic".

personalize the desktop as follows:

1)solid color black background ( have not experimented with other settings but this has worked on three machines )

"colors" item next to right at the bottom - pick the rainbow fan and get it to say automatic.

open Access and see what you have and enjoy!
Hello Ray,

Sorry but I couldn't get this to change anything except the desktop background.

The horrible 'greys' are still there within each Microsoft Office program and nothing has changed.

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2014-09-01T04:55:57+00:00
this works and the colors each form was designed with will mostly come into play moderated by the color " automatic".

personalize the desktop as follows:

1)solid color black background ( have not experimented with other settings but this has worked on three machines )
1. "colors" item next to right at the bottom - pick the rainbow fan and get it to say automatic.
2. open Access and see what you have and enjoy!
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Anonymous

2014-08-27T19:20:07+00:00

I agree! Please add color choices besides white and gray...
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