change ribbon color

[john]

I'm visually impaired and color/contrast is important to me. Until now I
have been able to use MS Office which was compliant to the color themes and
contrasts I had set up in the Control Panel. The ribbons are no longer
compliant. I can change the top portion of the ribbon to black using their
"allowed" ribbon color change system through "file circular portal", popular,
etc. But the color of the ribbon features and the pull-down menus remains
light blue -- which is very difficult for me to see. I see light fonts
against a dark background the best.

I wish MS hadn't departed from their earlier standard and retained universal
color compliance with themes set in the Control Panel. There is a whole
population of visually impaired computer users affected.

 

[Sheeloo]

Try this

Click on Office Button and then on Word Options
You will be in 'Popular' group

There is a drop down there which says Color Scheme...
Choose the BLACK schem and see whether it solves your problem

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Then try using Control Panel->Display Options and set your appearance to
Windows Classic and use your preferred high contrast option color.

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After furious head scratching, john asked:

| I'm visually impaired and color/contrast is important to me. Until
| now I have been able to use MS Office which was compliant to the
| color themes and contrasts I had set up in the Control Panel. The
| ribbons are no longer compliant. I can change the top portion of the
| ribbon to black using their "allowed" ribbon color change system
| through "file circular portal", popular, etc. But the color of the
| ribbon features and the pull-down menus remains light blue -- which
| is very difficult for me to see. I see light fonts against a dark
| background the best.
|
| I wish MS hadn't departed from their earlier standard and retained
| universal color compliance with themes set in the Control Panel.
| There is a whole population of visually impaired computer users
| affected.

 

[john]

Been there done that, as mentioned in my original post

 

[john]

Done that too.
That is what I meant when I said in my original post that I set up color
themes in the Control Panel and that the ribbon colors are not compliant to
those color/font themes. (Also changed the ribbon color from blue to black
in the only way Microsoft allows -- but still no high contrast.)

I wish Microsoft would make the ribbon colors compliant with colors set in
the Control Panel. There was absolutely NO THOUGHT given to high contrast
for the benefit of those with impaired vision.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Did you change your Windows theme to Classic first before trying the high
contrast themes?

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After furious head scratching, john asked:

| Done that too.
| That is what I meant when I said in my original post that I set up
| color themes in the Control Panel and that the ribbon colors are not
| compliant to those color/font themes. (Also changed the ribbon color
| from blue to black in the only way Microsoft allows -- but still no
| high contrast.)
|
| I wish Microsoft would make the ribbon colors compliant with colors
| set in the Control Panel. There was absolutely NO THOUGHT given to
| high contrast for the benefit of those with impaired vision.
|
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Then try using Control Panel->Display Options and set your
|| appearance to Windows Classic and use your preferred high contrast
|| option color.
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
|| How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
||
||
|| After furious head scratching, john asked:
||
||| I'm visually impaired and color/contrast is important to me. Until
||| now I have been able to use MS Office which was compliant to the
||| color themes and contrasts I had set up in the Control Panel. The
||| ribbons are no longer compliant. I can change the top portion of
||| the ribbon to black using their "allowed" ribbon color change system
||| through "file circular portal", popular, etc. But the color of the
||| ribbon features and the pull-down menus remains light blue -- which
||| is very difficult for me to see. I see light fonts against a dark
||| background the best.
|||
||| I wish MS hadn't departed from their earlier standard and retained
||| universal color compliance with themes set in the Control Panel.
||| There is a whole population of visually impaired computer users
||| affected.

 

[john]

Yes, I did that.

May I venture a guess? Do Ribbons enlist a completely different way of
graphical display used in Forms development? In our Oracle shop, we develop
online apps using Forms which have the same low-contrast pastel colors and
are NOT compliant with color settings in the Control Panel?