I'd love to learn more about your software productivity questions and how I can provide practical proven strategies and solutions. I tweet from and welcome your LinkedIn invitation. Grab free 477+ shortcuts to save time with the software programs you use every day. © Dawn Bjork, MCT, MOSM, The Software Pro® | Microsoft Certified Trainer, Productivity Speaker, Certified Virtual Presenter How will you customize the theme in Outlook?įor more time-saving Microsoft Outlook techniques, find additional shortcuts, tips and tricks at /Outlook. This change also applies to new messages. When you select your next email message, and each message in the future, the lights will remain on as a default setting.This option only displays for the black theme.

If you like the black theme but don’t want it to change the background of new and existing messages, that is, to keep the message background as white, choose File > Options > General, and then check the box Never change the message background color in the Personalize section.The toolbar button switches between the sunshine and moon icons. To change the display of messages back to the dark mode (black), click the moon toolbar option.This icon will either be found to the top-right of an existing message or in the Message tab of the Ribbon when composing a new message.To change this, that is, to turn the lights back on, click the sunshine toolbar option while viewing or composing a message. With Outlook 365, you’ll have the option to show a message with a white background.

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