Fire up your favourite Office program (Word, Excel, Outlook etc)Ĥ. Personally I find the extra glare of a white background irritating and hard to read so I prefer a dark theme.ġ. So clearly some people prefer one and some prefer the other. Why light text on dark background is a bad idea In fact, that perfectly supports my view that users should ALWAYS have a choice as to which colour scheme works best for them: One of my favourites is this short but interesting piece which concludes that light text on a dark background is bad based on research that 50% of people have trouble reading it.
On the readability of inverted color schemes There is a lot written on the merits of light text on a dark background or dark text on a light backround, with results landing in both camps: I’d also like to note some other tips here for those seeking to adjust the colours in Word for better readability.įirstly some background, Is light text on dark (a-la the new black colour theme in office) better? Or is dark text on light (as per the document itself in say Word) preferable? Office 2007 / 2010 had a similar theme at one point that was maybe a bit lighter so it’s nice to see it back and better than ever.
It provides great contrast on the ribbon and file menu. Microsoft Office now has a new “Black” colour theme, as they put it, their darkest theme yet.
