Whoa! The default settings are really bright, even on the system that adjusts the brightness to match the room's ambient light. The Black theme is available now for Office 2016 and Office 365 users. Click the button next to the theme color you want to change (for example, Accent 1 or Hyperlink), and then pick a color under Theme Colors. I didn't realize how bright the default settings were until I got a new tablet. On the Page Layout tab in Excel or the Design tab in Word, click Colors, and then click Customize Colors. I've always kept the brightness set low and the white in Outlook 2013 RTM was livable. Turning down the screen brightness will help, a lot. It's cute eye candy, nothing more, and in the RTM build there are currently 14 designs to choose from. You can also add a little gray scale decoration to the upper right corner of the application.
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Outlook 2016 tweaked the colors a little, adding a 'colorful' theme and black. There was a black theme at one point you could do in Windows 10 though I remember having to do a registry thing to get it to go. 5) New themes Microsoft has finally introduced the much-awaited, and requested dark theme option in Office. choosing between white, light gray, or dark gray. Found no way to set a default blank template with the correct theme applied I tried to connect the theme to a workbook and saved it as book.xltx in either Custom Office Templates and xlstart folder. You can have any color you like, as long as it's gray. Doesn't use a default Blank.potx anymore, create a new theme and save as default, results in default theme.thmx in subfolder Document Themes Excel.
As bad as the blue, silver, black, or green color schemes were in older versions of Outlook, for many users they would be better than all white.įollowing all of the complaints with the Preview, Microsoft added 3 color options to the final version.