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Change the Background and Color Schemes of the Office 2019 Applications

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Updated: 09-18-2018

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Want to play interior decorator with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, and Publisher? Follow these steps to change the look of the Office 2019 application screens:

In any Office application, go to the File tab and choose Account. The Account window opens.
Choose an Office Background option. These options — Clouds, Spring, Underwater, and others — place a faint design motif in the upper-right corner of screens.
Choose an Office Theme option. These options — Colorful, Dark Gray, Black, and White — change the overall color of Office screens. If you choose the Colorful option, each Office application appears in a different color. For example, the Word screen is blue; the PowerPoint screen is red.

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