Office 2013 is HORRIBLE. NO colors?

[sinetheo]

I was forced to upgrade when a new motherboard deactivated an older office 2010 tied to my hardware. I signed up for Office 365

Wow where do I even start?? All CAPS & white. Blinding white. Even dark gray gives me a headache.

How do I enable color back? I searched the Web and I am not alone yet can't find a solution. Why won't MS add office 2010 to 365 as it's clearly preferred

[Mandosis]

You can still download 2010 with your subscription but I really do not understand your complaints about 2013. It integrates nicely with OneDrive which is a huge plus. Also there are theme options in the settings.

[Sszecret Veteran]

Office 2016 adds precisely the colour options you are looking for. Until then, if the whiteness of O2013 is too blinding, use f.lux, especially at night. 

[123456789A]

Can you get in the Office 2016 preview? I hear that one has more colors to choose from.

[Jim K Global Moderator]

 was forced to upgrade when a new motherboard deactivated an older office 2010 tied to my hardware. I signed up for Office 365

Wow where do I even start?? All CAPS & white. Blinding white. Even dark gray gives me a headache.

How do I enable color back? I searched the Web and I am not alone yet can't find a solution. Why won't MS add office 2010 to 365 as it's clearly preferred

 

 

You can not unfortunately.  The "dark gray" is as dark as it gets.  Office 2016 beta has a much more pleasing "dark gray" similar to that of Office 2010.

 

Office 2016 on top / 2013 on bottom

 

[Brandon H Supervisor]

as others have said, why not try out the 2016 preview? it has color options and better gradient options as well

 

https://products.office.com/en-us/office-2016-preview

[sinetheo]

You can still download 2010 with your subscription but I really do not understand your complaints about 2013. It integrates nicely with OneDrive which is a huge plus. Also there are theme options in the settings.

NOPE

http://blogs.technet.com/b/uspartner_ts2team/archive/2014/02/06/when-must-i-upgrade-from-office-professional-plus-2010-subscription-to-office-365-proplus.aspx

This is soo unacceptable. Wow what was MS thinking??

[T3X4S]

Office 2016 in all its colorful spelndor

[notchinese]

You don't have to use the white theme in 2013, it also has light gray and dark gray.