how to set the Office2007 menu appearance [color] like the system appearance itself ?

[Cristian Secara]

At present, the menu appearance of the Office 2007 beta 2 componets can be
either blue, or black, or silver. Is there any method to set the interface
to be similar to the overall system interface ? If I set the the Windows
interface in purple, I want the Office interface do the same. If I set the
Windows interface in calssic, I want the Office interface do the same.
Or is the user supposed to be locked to the blue/black/silver forever ?

I don't mind the menus or button layout, but just the appearance in terms of
color(s).

Cristi

 

[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

No, you can't.
Why? Read
http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/archive/2006/08/10/694577.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/archive/2006/08/14/699304.aspx

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[Cristian Secara]

No, you can't.
Why? Read
http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/archive/2006/08/10/694577.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/archive/2006/08/14/699304.aspx

Hm. Thanks for the info.
There's a bizarre appreciation about users as a whole: "Some people disliked
that the Office color scheme was based on the OS appearance and that they
couldn't specify what Office scheme to use.".
Ok, that's fine. But what about the rest ? (i.e. "rest" = "whole" - "some")

Cristi

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

WindowBlinds or a similar program.

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After furious head scratching, Cristian Secara asked:

| On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 21:04:56 +0000, Patrick Schmid [MVP] wrote:
|
|| No, you can't.
|| Why? Read
|| http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/archive/2006/08/10/694577.aspx
|| http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/archive/2006/08/14/699304.aspx
|
| Hm. Thanks for the info.
| There's a bizarre appreciation about users as a whole: "Some people
| disliked that the Office color scheme was based on the OS appearance
| and that they couldn't specify what Office scheme to use.".
| Ok, that's fine. But what about the rest ? (i.e. "rest" = "whole" -
| "some")
|
| Cristi