Microsoft Office includes black and dark greyness themes. Windows 10's organisation-wide dark mode won't bear on Office apps, but yous can cull a dark theme for Office apps like Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.

According to Microsoft, Office'southward dark fashion is only bachelor if you have a Microsoft 365 (previously known as Role 365) subscription. (However, y'all can change your theme to "dark grayness" on Office 2016 and Office 2013.) This works on whatsoever version of Windows, including Windows seven, viii, or 10. The night themes are currently not available for Office on Mac.

To alter your theme, click the "File" card at the acme left corner of an Office application like Word, Excel, Outlook, or PowerPoint.

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Click the "Account" option in the sidebar. On the right, open the "Office Theme" dropdown card, and so select your desired theme.

The default theme in Office 2016 is "Colorful," but you lot tin can also select "White" if you lot'd rather see starker whites.

To enable dark way, select "Black" for the darkest possible Office mode.

You can also select "Dark Gray." This theme uses lighter dark grays, which you might prefer if you find the Black theme too dark.

Y'all can select a different "Role Background" from here, also. For example, if you'd rather not see a pattern backside Office'due south ribbon bar, click the "Office Background" box and select "No Groundwork."

These theme and background settings bear on all Microsoft Part applications on your organisation. They even bear upon Office applications on other Windows PCs, assuming you sign into them with the same Microsoft account.

There's a 2d identify where you lot can choose your theme, too. To find it, click File > Options. Ensure the "Full general" category is selected and look for the "Personalize your copy of Microsoft Part" section. Click the "Office Theme" box and cull your desired theme. Click "OK" to save your changes.

Unfortunately, documents yous create will still accept a white background and black text past default. You could change your documents to have a black background and white text, simply those colors would exist function of each certificate you save.

So, if you sent such a Word document to someone else, they'd run across a black groundwork with white text when they opened it. This would require a large amount of ink or toner if someone printed such a document, likewise.