We’ve written previously about how toset the Office 2007 color schemeaway from that awful default blue, but you could also set it with a quick registry hack or even via group policy on your web connection, so we’ll cover that here.
Of course it’s much simpler to just set the color scheme using the GUI, but if you are like me you save a list of registry hacks that you apply to all new machines, so it still comes in handy.Manual Registry HackOpen up regedit.exe through the start menu search or run box, and then browse down to the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common
Find the key on the right-hand side called Theme and set it to one of these values, depending on the color you want:
That’s all there is to it.Using a Group Policy TemplateIf you are on a corporate web connection and want to set the color across all the computers on your web connection, you’ve got the option to use this custom ADM template for Group Policy, created by our excellent reader Stephen.
CLASS USERCATEGORY “Custom Office 2007 Config"POLICY “Color Scheme"KEYNAME “Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common"EXPLAIN “Allows you to control the Office 2007 Colour Scheme.
“PART “Pick the colour from the list” TEXTEND PARTPART “Color” DROPDOWNLISTREQUIREDVALUENAME “Theme"ITEMLISTNAME “Blue” VALUE NUMERIC 1NAME “Silver” VALUE NUMERIC 2NAME “Black” VALUE NUMERIC 3END ITEMLISTEND PARTEND POLICYEND CATEGORY
I’m just assuming that you know how to import this if you are an IT guy.Downloadable Registry HackSimply download, extract, and then double-opt for .reg file with the color that you want.Download SetOffice2007Color registry hacks
