Microsoft Office 2007 comes with a default blue scheme and it covers the whole ribbon area and other spaces around the actual Word file or Excel spreadsheet or PowerPoint. This color scheme is quiet appealing but some may like to change this color. If you are looking for all black or a light hinge of silver to go well with the Windows Vista taskbar or Vista Ultimate Theme, then you can easily change the color scheme in MS Office.
So how to Change the Color Scheme or Layout Color in Microsoft Office 2007?
To change the color theme, open any of the MS Office 2007 application like Word, Excel or PowerPoint. Click the Office button on the extreme upper left corner of the application. At the bottom you will see Word Options or Excel Options or PowerPoint Options depending on what application you have opened. Click the Options and under the Popular tab, you will find the Color Scheme. Change the color between the available colors (Blue, Silver and Black) and Click OK. I really liked Black Office Color Scheme as it goes well with the Vista Themes.
Nice one… Looks much better now
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New 2007 user
i like it because i like to change stuff on my compuder to make it look cool.
This is totally INSANE! I want word, excel and all programs to distinctivly inform me if they are active or not. So far I have not seen any way to do this. The window shows only a vague difference between active and inactive state. I want to be able to apply my window settings on office as well.
BirgerII said:I want word, excel and all programs to distinctivly inform me if they are active or not. So far I have not seen any way to do this. The window shows only a vague difference between active and inactive state. I want to be able to apply my window settings on office as well.
Amen, brother (or is it sister?). Microsoft is asleep at the wheel on this one.
@Kent, You can increase the transparency of vista and this may help you to see the active and inactive program clearly.
See “how to get vista transparency when windows are maximized”
I don’t recall mentioning transparency. I want *contrast*. And besides, I use XP. Don’t get me started on the Vista experience … that would be a long diatribe.