![]() Now when you do a file New, you can choose that template to start by looking in the personal tab. Change the Save as Type dropdown to 'Excel Template (XLTX)', and give the file a meaningful name such as Blank Dark.xltx and press ok. To save it choose File - Save As and use Browse to select the folder you set in the first part for personal templates. So now we have a dark background sheet with visible cell lines and white font.Įnsure you clear an test text before the next step. Set the Color to the bottom left of the grey cells "White, Background 1, Darker 50%", then press the Outline and Inside buttons to select all cell borders and press ok. For the border, press the arrow and choose More Borders (at the bottom of the border list). To set the background colour, press the arrow next to the Fill Colour option and choose More Colours > Custom Tab, and set the background to #101010 which is RGB(16,16,16), and press Ok.Įnsuring all of the sheet is still selected, set the font colour to white in the usual way.įinally set the border colour. Press CTRL-A to select all of the sheet and set the background colour, font colour, and border colour this is where any templates you create will be stored.Ĭreate a brand new spreadsheet so everything is completely empty and only a single sheet1. ![]() Now back in Excel go to File > Options > Save and paste the path value in the 'Default Personal Templates Location', and press ok. Using file explorer, create a folder under Documents called Personal Templates, go into that folder and click the location bar so that you can copy that full path. The easiest way to do this is to use templates.įirstly, you have to declare where you want personal templates to be saved. Keyboard shortcut: Window Logo Key + Ctrl + C (The Keyboard shortcut needs to be turned ON in the settings menu) The inverted filter has worked best for me Settings > Accessibility > Color Filters > Note: contrast theme’s are different than “Themes” that are a submenu of “Personalization” Keyboard shortcut: left Alt + Left Shift + Print Screen to toggle between the previously sleeted theme and “none”. Settings > Accessibility > Contrast Themes Settings > Personalization > Colors, choose your mode, Dark (a key board short cut is not available) Is there already a plugin that does that? But this is just a better band-aid, the worksheet not changing to a full dark mode is the problem that needs to be addressed. Unfortunately, if you have set Windows to “Dark Mode” inverting the colors will bleach out the ribbons, tabs and commands above the worksheet and you will need to toggle back-and-forth to access commands and the worksheet. I have found that using an inverted color filter to be more useful, colored text and cells are still visible. ![]() Using contrast themes reduces the worksheet to two colors, obliterating any highlighted (color filled) cells, colored text and colored boarders. The band-aid fix of using contrast themes is not useful. Like wise I am perplexed why the dark mode is not applied to worksheets in Excel. ![]() I have the same interest as JulienTheriault, having recently lost part of my vision I found that activating the Windows “dark mode” has been helpful in continuing my work as an engineer. ![]()
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