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how can you change the color a theme in
Microsoft Outlook hi I'm dawn Bjork the
software Pro I'm also a Microsoft
certified trainer and a certified
Outlook specialist in this training
we'll look at your options to change the
displayed color or theme in Microsoft
Outlook depending upon your version of
Outlook your theme options may include
colorful dark grey white and black to
change your outlook theme to dark mode
or another theme choose file office
account in other office applications
they may simply be account
you'll also find this option under file
options and then general my current
office theme is colorful this theme
displays the application bar as well as
the backstage view with the color of the
specific application for instance blue
for outlook and green for Excel I'm
working with Outlook 365 and so you may
have different choices with an older
version of Outlook let's look at what
happens when we change to the black
theme here we have the office theme and
I'll choose black we immediately see the
change within our backstage view and
here's the look from Outlook the dark
mode or black theme is a way to change
that default bright background color to
a darker color which is often easier on
the eyes and a low-light environment or
may simply be your preference when you
don't want such a bright interface
especially if you're working on the
computer for many hours at a time
you notice how this change also impacts
the display of email and this view I
have the reviewing pane open and in the
reviewing pane here is this option to
switch the background and so by
selecting the sunshine that means I'm
going to switch the background back to
the white or turn the lights on if you'd
like to go to the nighttime view or the
dark mode simply select the moon you may
also see this indication this dark mode
or black theme will display within
everything that you do
with an Outlook and I have the option in
the message ribbon towards the
right-hand side to switch the background
you might find this easier when
composing simply because there's more
contrast it's entirely up to you in
terms of how you want to work with
Outlook now if you'd like the black
theme but you don't want it to change
the background of new and existing
messages choose file options go to the
general tab at the top and then check
this box never change the message
background color this option only
displays for the black theme so then
when you select your next email message
and each message in the future the
lights will remain on this change also
applies to new messages before a change
that's a little bit less dramatic you
might experiment with the other options
like dark grey now here's a bonus option
changing the background now this isn't a
dramatic change that you might want to
give it a try you'll find the background
in the same locations as the theme or
color change it once again I went to
file in office account and I'll change
first the office theme now keep in mind
these are the only choices that we have
so I'll go to white right now because it
will be a little easier to see this
office background change and here's the
office background now these are pretty
subtle don't get your excited about them
but it might be something that's
interesting for you to try so notice as
I hover over these but in the upper
right hand corner we will see that an
example or preview of these options for
this one I'll pick stars and return back
to Outlook notice that background then
displays up here in the header how will
you take advantage of these easy options
to customize Microsoft Outlook by
changing the theme and background for
more tips on being productive with
Outlook hi to the software procom slash
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software pro thanks for watching
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