![]() This seems to be worst on the black background where the highlight is grey on black (regular text is white on black). One disadvantage to changing background colour, is that the text selection colour (when you hold down SHIFT and press the arrows to select text) becomes nearly invisible. If you choose a colour from the bottom couple of rows of the black / grey or dark blue columns, it will automatically adjust your text colour to white (rather than black), which is exactly what we want as black on dark grey would be quite hard to read! Jump on over to the Design Ribbon tab (alt, G) ![]() You can adjust this by changing the background colour:ġ. Now if you’re like me and prefer (for whatever reason) lighter text on a darker background, what else can you do to make Office easier to read?Ĭhange the background! The theme is great but it only affects the ribbon and background, not your documents which remain black text on white. Click the OK button (or tab to something that isn’t a button and press ENTER) Whack the drop down box next to “Office Theme” (press alt+t, click on it, or tab to it and press the down arrow).Ħ. Fire up your favourite Office program (Word, Excel, Outlook etc)Ĥ. Personally I find the extra glare of a white background irritating and hard to read so I prefer a dark theme.ġ. So clearly some people prefer one and some prefer the other. Why light text on dark background is a bad idea In fact, that perfectly supports my view that users should ALWAYS have a choice as to which colour scheme works best for them: One of my favourites is this short but interesting piece which concludes that light text on a dark background is bad based on research that 50% of people have trouble reading it. On the readability of inverted color schemes There is a lot written on the merits of light text on a dark background or dark text on a light backround, with results landing in both camps: ![]() I’d also like to note some other tips here for those seeking to adjust the colours in Word for better readability.įirstly some background, Is light text on dark (a-la the new black colour theme in office) better? Or is dark text on light (as per the document itself in say Word) preferable? Office 2007 / 2010 had a similar theme at one point that was maybe a bit lighter so it’s nice to see it back and better than ever. It provides great contrast on the ribbon and file menu. Microsoft Office now has a new “Black” colour theme, as they put it, their darkest theme yet. ![]()
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