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Microsoft has announced that the dark mode offered for Word is being improved and allowing for an even darker experience.
Posting on the Office Insider blog, Ali Forelli, Program Manager on the Word team working on Accessibility features, explains how a new option is being added for dark mode users. It s already possible to make the ribbon and toolbars dark, but the document remained bright white. A new features allows the page to go dark, too, with the text adjusting accordingly to remain visible.
To enable dark mode, navigate to File > Account > Office Theme > Black. You can also toggle between black and white page backgrounds by clicking View > Switch Modes. When the document canvas color is dark, the rest of the colors used for text and graphics will be altered automatically. As Forelli explains, reds, blues, yellows, and other colors will be shifted slightly to mute the overall effect of the color palette and look more visually pleasing with the new dark b
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Last month, Microsoft reacted quickly to Apple s shift to ARM chips in Macs by releasing a beta of Office that was compatible. One month on, and Microsoft Office is now optimized for running on Apple s M1 devices.
This week, Microsoft released new versions of many of its Microsoft 365 apps that run natively on Apple M1. The optimized apps include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote, all of which Microsoft says will run faster and take full advantage of the performance improvements on new Macs. So any Office users who own the M1 MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, or Mac mini will benefit. If you have automatic updates enabled then this optimization update should already be downloading and installing.
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