Changing the background from bright white to ?

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michael b

Hi,

Anyone know how to change the white background to a different colour ?

I can't stand the bright white background when I open Word or Excel or my
email, it's giving me a headache.

Please help

Thanks,
michael
 
In OpenOffice the background color can be changed to your liking. I imagine
you can do the same in MS Office. You can save the doc or spreadsheet in a
convenient place and launch it to open the program.

In Windows Mail you can choose a stationary and set it as your default.
 
thanks bob,
i actually meant it's with any program i use , i want the background for all
programs to be a shade of grey instead of this white that is blinding me.

i know i can do it at work , but that's using xp and office 2000 or 2003 or
something like that.

this is blinding me and gii\ving me headaches

michael
 
michael b said:
thanks bob,
i actually meant it's with any program i use , i want the background for
all
programs to be a shade of grey instead of this white that is blinding me.

i know i can do it at work , but that's using xp and office 2000 or 2003
or
something like that.

this is blinding me and gii\ving me headaches
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Turn down the brightness of your monitor?

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Yes Paul, i've done that too.

Does anyone really know what i'm talking about?
Do I sound retarded?

At work any program i open uses a light grey background so not to blow my
mind.

Without having to change the whole "them" of my vista loaded new laptop, how
can i do that here.?

Anyone?

Michael.
 
michael b said:
Hi,

Anyone know how to change the white background to a different colour ?

I can't stand the bright white background when I open Word or Excel or my
email, it's giving me a headache.

Please help

Thanks,
michael
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On your desktop, right click and select Personalize. Select Window Color and
Appearance. Select Advanced. In the Item list, arrow down to Window. Change
your color at the Color 1 list.
 
Bob said:
That won't change the background color of the programs.
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your color at the Color 1 list.

It does on my pc and it has for every version of Windows I have used. Did
you try it?
 
Omygod, just what i needed.
Thanks so much to everyone who tried to help or had an opinion, they all
helped.
Discussion is good.

I suffer from migrains quite alot, so this does help when working from home.

Michael.
 
michael b said:
Omygod, just what i needed.
Thanks so much to everyone who tried to help or had an opinion, they all
helped.
Discussion is good.

I suffer from migrains quite alot, so this does help when working from
home.

Michael.
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I'm glad it worked for you. Thanks for letting us know.
I also have migraines and I started making this change to my pc's appearance
many years ago.
 
"Hi Someone,-ANYONE!!
Could anyone tell me how to change the background from this Dark colour back
to the original (light blue I think) still leaving the actual writing areas
in white ???
I have had a technician out $150 late still no result - phoned microsoft -
sorry!!!

If someone could email me on stba3@bigpond with a solution I would love to
hear it and I would love to get this dam problem fixed. H E L P ! ! !
Hoping for some success: Margaret.
 
"Hi Someone,-ANYONE!!
Could anyone tell me how to change the background from this Dark colour back
to the original (light blue I think) still leaving the actual writing areas
in white ???
I have had a technician out $150 late still no result - phoned microsoft -
sorry!!!

If someone could email me on stba3@bigpond with a solution I would love to
hear it and I would love to get this dam problem fixed. H E L P ! ! !
Hoping for some success: Margaret.
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Background for what ? ( I can`t see your comp , and the crystal ball
has taken the day off ) .
 
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