Change Background color Theme Office 2013

Anonymous
2013-01-12T15:28:57+00:00

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
2013-01-13T13:21:44+00:00

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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:

  1. Go to the File tab
  2. Click on Options
  3. Choose the General tab on the left
  4. Find the ‘O ffice Theme’ dropdown item
  5. 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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  1. Anonymous
    2015-08-25T23:59:55+00:00

    in my company we just ditched offfice 2013 and office 2010 and changed back to office 2007 quich has that nice pale blue background easier to work with and less tiring to the eyes of most workers. high contrast white and grays are useful only for persons who have seeing problems , not to the majority of staff. let's hope office 2016 will correct something

    gf

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-08-25T18:35:51+00:00

    It has just occurred to me that with Microsoft collecting all kinds of privacy related data within their Windows 10 OS, that having a monochromatic interface would facilitate automated OCR of screenshots of sensitive documents.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-08-25T17:35:49+00:00

    I believe that "Deepa Raj" is an automated response and is not quite getting the "We don't want GRAY" concept of the questions.  Notice that both have "57 people found this helpful" as if they were auto-generated as well. 

    I've just upgraded from 2010 to 2013 and am having a very difficult time with the stoic black on white look.  I'm a very "visual" person and need color to help differentiate the different modules from each other, and GRAY just won't cut it.  I've grown accustomed to seeing Gray as meaning "Not active".  My guess is that it has to do with trying to make it fit in better with Windows 8, which itself had a LOT of issues with color schemes.  If I'm wrong, someone please clarify on this.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-08-14T00:50:48+00:00

    Given that this thread has been running for two and a half years now, with nary a sign of a solution from MS, I don't know if adding my voice to the disaffected, disenchanted and disenfranchised is going to do much good, but for what it's worth, I do believe it's ludicrous that no answer has been provided.

    However, for those who want some sort of work-round to stave off the eye strain and migraine, I'd recommend changing the page colour of each individual document ('Design' tab , "Page Color" button away off on the right). You'll have to change the colour back again when you're finished reading and working with the document (or printing it), which makes it a highly unsatisfactory solution, but it's what I've chosen until I can find a more user-friendly (and user-reactive) substitute for MS Word.

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