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I installed Office 2016 as an upgrade to 2013. Put the color scheme on grey (because annoyingly the awesome Black went away sometime in the preview.)
Now I have a weird issue where every time I close all of the 2016 applications and then reopen one of the applications, the theme has changed from grey to colorful. This applies to reboots or just closing them all and then later opening one back up. Oddly as well today (10/5/2015) I walked away from the computer to talk to a co-worker in the next office. When I came back, it was on colorful again. However that is the only time it has changed itself while open.
It seems to work correctly when it is set to Grey. So for instance, say I open Outlook and change the theme to Grey. When I open Word or Excel, they are also Grey as they should be.
So I'm just throwing that out there as a potential bug
Processes in Microsoft 365 for setting up Office apps, redeeming product keys, and activating licenses.
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I tried JimL5000 hint, it doesn't help for me. Still have the issue every morning when I start the computer.
In Office 365 (2016) the problem seems to be resolved by following some advice given by someone else in this thread, that I lost track of, which is:
in Options - General - Personalize your copy of Microsoft Office
check the box for "Always use these values regardless of sign in to Office
So far this has worked and maintains the Dark Gray theme which I prefer across the Office applications suite.
I have the same issue on Windows 10 Pro. Extremely annoying as I like the blacked out theme and it reverts to the whitest theme.
Please try to find a fix as this has been over a year without a solution for your users.
My Office Theme keeps reverting to Colorful as well. Starting to get frustrating as it's a little difficult to tell some of my icons apart from others. I tried the "Always use these values..." fix and have had no luck. Please help Microsoft!!!
Try the following IF it's an option on your version of Office.
File > Options > General > Personalize your copy of Microsoft Office.
Select "Always use these values regardless of sign in to Office" and also configure the settings you want.