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You can change the color scheme...read along here:<br />
<a href="http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/change-the-appearance-of-office-programs-HA010174912.aspx" rel="ugc">http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/change-the-appearance-of-office-programs-HA010174912.aspx</a><br />
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Basically<br />
In an open item, click the Microsoft Office Button , and then click Editor Options at the bottom of the window.<br />
Click Popular, and then click the Color scheme that you want.
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You can change the color scheme...read along here:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/change-the-appearance-of-office-programs-HA010174912.aspx [http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/change-the-appearance-of-office-programs-HA010174912.aspx]

Basically
In an open item, click the Microsoft Office Button , and then click Editor Options at the bottom of the window.
Click Popular, and then click the Color scheme that you want.

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thanks for looking into it. &nbsp;fyi: &nbsp;the link reported &quot;problem loading page&quot; in my browser&quot;.
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thanks for looking into it.  fyi:  the link reported "problem loading page" in my browser".

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i went to microsoft's website and found the link myself. &nbsp;it refers to 2007 and not to 2010. &nbsp;what a shame. &nbsp;it looks like i'm not the only one unhappy with the 3 available colors!<br />
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what a gold mind for a company to write a color changing program for 2010.
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i went to microsoft's website and found the link myself.  it refers to 2007 and not to 2010.  what a shame.  it looks like i'm not the only one unhappy with the 3 available colors!

what a gold mind for a company to write a color changing program for 2010.

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can't change color schemes as of 7/5/11. &nbsp;shame.
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can't change color schemes as of 7/5/11.  shame.

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What ways/methods (purchased software?) do we have to change from the drab 3 built-in color schemes for Outlook 2010?<br />
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thanks.<br />
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Steve
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What ways/methods (purchased software?) do we have to change from the drab 3 built-in color schemes for Outlook 2010?

thanks.

Steve

custom color schemes for outlook 2010

Microsoft Office is an integrated suite of applications that includes Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Visio and InfoPath, along with a number of tools to assist in making the individual components work together. Coding within and between the projects is done in Visual Basic for Applications, known as VBA.

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available as a part of the Microsoft Office suite. Although often used mainly as an email application, it also includes a calendar, task manager, contact manager, note-taker, journal, and web browser.