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matafokka / ExcelDarkThemeFix

Fixes Microsoft Excel appearance when custom Windows theme is used

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Fix for Word 2021 #7

Closed StarNumber12046 closed 3 years ago

StarNumber12046 commented 3 years ago

I need a Word version of this because setting a white page makes the UI buggy and glitched

matafokka commented 3 years ago

Hello, Word version won't be there at least until new year, sorry. Got a lot of stuff to do in uni.

There shouldn't be any problem in Word, unless you're using files made in old Word versions or from LibreOffice. For the past few years, I haven't had any problems with relatively new files whatsoever. What I've made like 3-4 years ago opens just fine.

Can you send me one of your files (replace text with random letters, if it's private information, I just need formatting) and show me what exactly you're doing?

Also, try resetting Word template and styles, if you've updated from like Office 2007 or downloaded or made them yourself. This stuff might have automatic colors which causes the issue.

StarNumber12046 commented 3 years ago

no if I set dark theme I have a black page by default and if I change I have A LOT of bugs / glitches

StarNumber12046 commented 3 years ago

with Word Beta 2021 the document

StarNumber12046 commented 3 years ago

selection when changing color to black that renders white

matafokka commented 3 years ago

Well, that can be expected from beta, they'll probably fix it in the final version, so I'll wait until the release. For now, switch to Office 2019 or 2016.

If final release will be broken, I'll try to make an Add-In ASAP. Please, reopen this issue, if problem will persist.

matafokka commented 3 years ago

Hello again, just installed Office 2021, and it seems like what you've described is what looks like a feature:

Word makes page dark only when dark theme in Word is selected. Selecting White, Colorful or Dark Grey renders page white.
It does the same even when system theme is set to default white.
When printing, it prints page correctly. I assume, if it was a bug, it would print white text as we saw in Excel.

I have found only one issue so far - when setting white highlight and automatic text color, when custom theme is applied, text color renders really dark grey instead of white. But this issue is so insignificant and use cases are so rare, it's not worth a separate tweak.

Back to the fix.

Click File - Account - Office Theme and set any theme you like except Black.

This is how it works on my machine:

StarNumber12046 commented 3 years ago

yes but i dont like the color dark grey

matafokka commented 3 years ago

Well, choose one you like the most or hate the least, there's no other option. As for the black theme, I'm not gonna fix what's already working.

matafokka commented 3 years ago

I am so dumb. There's official docs on this feature. It can be disabled.

https://insider.office.com/en-us/blog/try-dark-mode-in-word