Microsoft is planning to ship Office 2016 later this year, alongside separate Office apps for Windows 10.
It’s a small addition, but it will save some extra mouse clicks when you insert an image and it’s upside down or sideways. One change includes the ability to insert images into documents with the correct orientation automatically. Office 2016 won’t be a major update to the existing app, and Microsoft is making small tweaks and additions ready for later this year. The new colorful option arrives alongside a dark theme for those who dislike the traditional look of Microsoft’s Office apps. It’s also similar to the Windows 10 touch-optimized versions of Office, with a colored look that matches the Word, Excel, and PowerPoint applications. A leaked build of the upcoming Office 2016 for Windows release has revealed that Microsoft is updating the desktop client to include a new 'colorful' theme that’s identical to the latest Mac, iOS, and Android apps. The default theme, known as colorful, features a solid color on the top band of the ribbon, corresponding to the color of the Office application being used, for example, a solid dark blue is featured prominently in Microsoft Word. In other words, if you change the theme in Microsoft Word, it will impact the theme in Microsoft Excel as well, and vice versa.
This change can be invoked from any of the Microsoft Office apps, and the theme change applies to all other Microsoft Office apps too. Microsoft continues to unify its Office software across Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android with a similar design and features. When Office 2016 was released, it came with three themes. How to Change Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) Theme on Mac.
