Comments on: Office 2007 Color Schemes / Themes

By: Joe, Pawtucket RI

Joe, Pawtucket RI — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:40:11 +0000

Office has always had it’s own theme/widget engine. That’s because they need Office to look and feel the same no matter what Windows it’s running on.

Office 2007 will look and behave the same on Windows XP, Vista, Server 2003, etc.

The same was true for Office 2000, XP and 2003.

So, I guess making sure the color scheme matched the OS color scheme was low on the list of important things to do. I think the “Black” scheme in Office 2007 looks just fine. Easy on the eyes, not too cluttered.

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:53:40 +0000

I don’t understand why Office has its own themes in the first place. Why doesn’t it just adopt your desktop theme like all other apps (including Internet Explorer)? It really makes the Office team look like arrogant bastards, which they may well be.

By: Theonlynate

Theonlynate — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:32:44 +0000

Thanks! Having to look at that pastel blue one more day and i think that I would have puked blue