I am running macOS Mojave and have Dark Mode set as my default appearance in Apple > System Preferences > General.
I recently updated MS Office on my Mac and the latest MS Office update (i.e. version 16.20) supports Dark Mode. However, unlike many other apps, there is no way to enable/disable this appearance within the app itself.
Since I much prefer the usual appearance of my MS Office apps, but still want to use Dark Mode within macOS, how can I achieve this outcome?
Best Answer
To disable Dark Mode for MS Office only, you need to run a terminal command for each of the MS Office apps in question.
For example, if you wish to disable dark mode in MS Excel, follow these steps:
defaults write com.microsoft.Excel NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance -bool yes
killall cfprefsd
Now when you launch MS Excel it should appear as it it normally would without Dark Mode enabled.
NOTES:
Powerpoint
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