Office 2016 keeps reverting color theme back to Colorful

Hello everyone,

We have released a fix for this feature in the latest update of Office 2016, version 16.0.6868.2067 or later. To get the latest updates, click File > Account > Update Options > Update Now.

Please let us know if you're still experiencing this issue after updating.

Thanks,

Michelle V.

Office Team

I also have this problem.

My install includes updates through 16.0.7369..2038 so I assume that has included version 16.0.6868.2067 (no clue how to check).

FYI, when I click on Update Options > View Updates (which says "See the update history for this product") it takes me to this webpage https://support.office.com/en-us/article/What-s-new-and-improved-in-Office-2016-for-Office-365-95c8d81d-08ba-42c1-914f-bca4603e1426?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US  wchih is useless.

As others have indicated this is a real PITA.

Any ideas?

Thanks

OK, but I still don't have answer for my question:

Is there any other way (than Account->Update) to download and apply the fix?

Sorry, I don't have that experience.  ASK that question on the parallel business forum at the link I provided last time. They will have experience with WSUS and GPOs.

This site provides KB numbers for 365 monthly updates: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/office\_sustained\_engineering/2016/06/07/june-2016-non-security-office-update-release/

Take a look at this site: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/What-s-New-and-Improved-in-Office-2016-for-Office-365-95c8d81d-08ba-42c1-914f-bca4603e1426?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US

It provides ongoing information about monthly updates to Office 365. Unfortunately they are slow updating it, so the June updates are not there yet.  Also unfortunate is that it does not provide KB links, it is generic user level carp.

Here are some more what's new type links for 365:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/mt465751?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396

Our domain computers and servers updates are controlled by WSUS server (forced by GPO) so I guess this is the reason why I don't have this button.

So, is there any other way do download and apply the fix? Any KB... ?

OK, cool, I was wrong.

I hate it when MS HIDES rather than simply disables temporarily inaccessible features.

I wonder if the problem is associated with your account error indicated at the top of the dialog.  Try logging out from Office and see if that helps. 

It is a pita that they associate the the version number display along with the Update Options button.  The hidden update button suggests to me that your environment is setup to handle Windows and Office updates through something like WUSUS (or what ever that corporate local Update process is called) rather than under the control of individual userids and computers.   So I would guess that the option to hide the update is controlled by GPEDIT. Sorry, I have no idea what specific setting to work with.  It may also be handled at a corporate level through the Office 365 Admin portal (I don't know if the portal works with Office 2016 Pro Plus).

Try asking this question, with pictures (or link back here) on the business version of this forum:

Office 365 Business Forum

https://community.office365.com/en-us/ - Home page

https://community.office365.com/en-us/f - Forums list

Also try logging in to a Windows session with an Admin class windows user ID (in other words, I assume/hope that you normally work in a user class Windows ID.

Here is what my screen looks like: