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
    2015-11-12T18:43:14+00:00

    Thanks a lot, Brian!

    The problem is that I do have 2 product keys in my "Passwords"-file but can not find the discs anymore (I bought both in CD-versions). I am so tired with last word, which came with Windows 8, I hate it so much: few useful features, yes, but so clumsy, contraintuitive, slow and ugly. I have the old mashine at home with Word 2003 or 7 and enjoy it every time I use.

    But I'll try, thanks once again.

    Leo

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  2. Brian Tillman [Outlook MVP 2007-2019] 25,915 Reputation points
    2015-11-12T17:48:38+00:00

    If you purchased a license for Office 2003 or 2007 in the past, simply install them on Windows 10 using your installation kit and your product key. Either version of Word should work on Windows 10, although Word 2003 isn't supported.

    This thread may be of some interest to you: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2010-office_install/here-are-the-download-locations-for-office-2010/ac67aa2f-dc1c-46f4-8b1d-ca00b3f02a18. You will need your product key in any event.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-11-12T10:05:07+00:00

    Dear all!

    Thank you very much for your support - I've started this conversatioin few

    years ago out of rage and feeling of helplesness. Can somebody help me?

    Where can I by the good old "normal" Word ()2003 or 2007)? Would it work

    with Windows 10?

    Thank you in advance,

    Leo

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-11-12T03:08:38+00:00

    I've just been using Outlook Web Access alongside Outlook 2013, and OWA is so much clearer.

    Although the real application has some advantages, especially when dealing with attachments or picking names from an address book, the recent OWA works like a desktop app in many ways (even though it's a web page), so I think I'm going to use OWA from now on, as I can see things at a glance instead of having to strain my eyes.

    The Outlook 2013 user interface looks like it was built in a week by a junior programmer who was focussed purely on functionality and decided to leave style and usability until later.

    And somehow it manages to feel more like a web page than OWA, including the fact that (if you were doing something else) you have to click once to give the page the focus and then again to do what you wanted.

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