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Microsoft Office Apps Now Support Dark Mode on macOS Mojave

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Microsoft today updated its suite of Office for Mac apps, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, with support for Dark Mode on macOS Mojave and several other new features. The updates are available to both Office 365 subscribers and to users who purchased Office 2019 for Mac as a one-time purchase.

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The update also makes it easier to insert a photo from an iPhone or iPad into a PowerPoint slide using Apple's new Continuity Camera feature. This allows users to control-click in a PowerPoint window where you want the photo to appear, quickly take a photo on a nearby iPhone or iPad, and import it into a slide.

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Office for Mac apps can be updated via the Microsoft AutoUpdate mechanism by navigating to Help > Check for Updates in each app. For a full list of new features, read the Office for Mac version 16.20 release notes.

(Thanks, Daniel!)

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Why haven't they upgraded Skype for Business to Dark Mode?
This is permanently running within organisations, it looks really odd in light mode when the other apps are Dark.
Please don't say M$ Teams. It sucks.
 
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MrGimper said:
v10.2.4, which dropped today, has dark mode.....
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I’ll have to check it as I didn’t update it.
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punchwalk said:
Absolutely. Word's document background, Excel's spreadsheet background, and Outlook's reading pane background are all still white. The huge contrast is jarring, unappealing and, in my limited experience so far, much harder on the eyes.

At the moment, I'm not a huge fan of the new icon set. I'm sure I'll get used to it eventually.
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I guess the new icon set is 365 only.
 
punchwalk said:
Absolutely. Word's document background, Excel's spreadsheet background, and Outlook's reading pane background are all still white. The huge contrast is jarring, unappealing and, in my limited experience so far, much harder on the eyes.

At the moment, I'm not a huge fan of the new icon set. I'm sure I'll get used to it eventually.
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How about instead of the "users getting used to things they hate" school popularised by Facebook and Apple, users demand a redesign.

Wouldn't that be a thing :rolleyes:
 
Folbo said:
Stupid Question of the day ... how do I turn it off?

Some of the icons are a matter of taste ... but the key issue is that I need normal mode in Office and Dark on macOS ... and I cannot find the off button!!!
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You can't...MS long ago has taken any decision making capability away from users.
 
Looks like I'll be purchasing a HUP license, after all, to upgrade from 2016.
 
The column/line headers looks awful...
I tried hard to like the dark mode in Mojave, but I can't get used to it. Maybe because too many apps and the whole web have white backgrounds, then the switch between the UI and those put more stress on my eyes.
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I wish they had black paper, white text for Outlook. I hate the white background. This is something apple mail got right!
 
jdoyle said:
Dark Mode in Mojave is the biggest UI improvement ever in iOS. My eye strain has dropped dramatically since I enabled it. Could never go back. This is great. Now if MS could just make Office run a bit better and not take forever to start up....
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say macOS and am with you
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Spectrum said:
What is this obsession with Dark Mode? It makes fonts and coloured icons look terrible.
Have those arguing that it reduces eye strain, tried to better balance the ambient light and screen brightness?
At home in the evening, I run a retina iMac at only 1-2 notches above minimum brightness.
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thanks for your posting - and the message is?
WE love dark mode !!!
 
Michael Goff said:
That’s why they made the iMac Pro, right, and why they keep updating the MacBook Pro? And it does make sense when you look at Logic Pro X and Final Cut Pro X and realize they’ve been updated in the last two months. Yep, totally shafting those pro users.
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Just add the Mac mini to your list, and you complete missing the point completely ;) it is in space grey, and will be updated in 5 years .... support has never been stronger ;) I guess one just needs to get used to the support timelines
 
not bad. o365 and 2019? same products but one has various subscription levels? make it more like iWork/iCloud and it would be more appealing and less confusing.


Minxy said:
I'm using Word 16.17 (from the Office 365). When I check for updates I'm told it's up to date. I'm wondering why I'm not getting this update?
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I believe you need 16.19 or higher


Baletin said:
could you plz elaborate?
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16.19 or higher I believe is office 2019
 
NightFox said:
As this is clearly a big thing for many users, I wonder why so many major developers seem so slow to offer it? Twenty years ago it seemed every app under the sun had a 'themes' or 'skins' option - or were just permanently in dark mode whether you liked it or not!
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Well unlike you implied, it does take a little more effort than turning a background black to get an app looking polished in dark mode on macOS and developers take their time with new features every year so this isn't anything new.

I like it a lot and didn't think I would ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Apple did a really good job with it imo
 
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joker00 said:
I wish they had black paper, white text for Outlook. I hate the white background. This is something apple mail got right!
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I'm actually glad they did it this way. I get what Apple is doing with Mail is more consistent, but I find it harder to use.
So far, I'm not liking the Outlook way much better though. For casual use Dark mode is nice, but for actually working on stuff, it really doesn't work for me.

The real dilemma now is that in non-dark mode, MS have introduced hideous title bars with super bright colours and no way to turn that off. Apparently, MS have decided if you don't like dark, you must like screamingly bright colours...

https://imgur.com/qwMv8W4
 
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ZMacintosh said:
not bad. o365 and 2019? same products but one has various subscription levels? make it more like iWork/iCloud and it would be more appealing and less confusing.
16.19 or higher I believe is office 2019
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Because ??
(2019 is the 19th month of 2016 in M$ perspective or the 19th revision of 2016 was so stable that it deserved its own product name ?)
 
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Baletin said:
could you plz elaborate?
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You are on the perpetual license for Office 2016 which is only going to receive security updates. Only Office 365 or Office 2019 will get new features like this, and at some point Office 2019 will be feature locked and not get anything new either.

Microsoft really wants you on O365.
 
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Is anyone else frustrated that you can't set dark mode in office/outlook independent of the OS setting? (Unless I've totally missed something)
 
Xenious said:
Is anyone else frustrated that you can't set dark mode in office/outlook independent of the OS setting? (Unless I've totally missed something)
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Lol - that is what those over-demanding customers get when asking for systemwide DarkMode
 
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