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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
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My Outlook keeps switching to gray on its own. (I want it to be white.) My colleague wants her Outlook to be gray and her Word and PowerPoint to be white. They keep switching on their own. It's annoying to say the least.
Kelly, I don't know about your problem, but your friend has to pick one or the other Office "color scheme". When you set the color scheme (File menu > Options command) in one Office application it applies to ALL office applications. So when she switches in one, it applies to the others. Very frustrating if you are not aware how this feature is designed to work.
Thank you Rohn007. I wondered if all the components needed to follow the same color scheme. Now I know.
But we are both experiencing "spontaneous" color switching over the past couple days. We've both gotten very speedy at changing it back when it happens, but it's still annoying. :(
Hi Galley,
Can you provide the version number of Office? And what Windows version do you have? To find the Office version, go to File > Account > Office Updates.
Thanks,
Michelle
Spontaneous color scheme changing. That is a problem I have not heard of.
Do you notice any pattern to the switch? If you don't, pay attention and try to identify what is happening around the time the problem happens. When you identify the situation that triggers the problem, then we have a better chance of suggesting a fix.
Is always falling back to the same one?
Does the fall back always happen after restarting the computer?
Next time you have the problem, Just for the "halibut"
try this. Restart the computer, then use "run as admin" to start an Office application, change to the desired color, then shut down the application normally and restart the computer normally (don't just hit the power switch!), See if the change "sticks".