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Excel added a 2nd quick access toolbar and changed top portion of worksheet to gray
I have used my excel (MS Office 2016) for 5 years, no issues. This evening Excel presented very differently. Upon opening: The top portion of the worksheet (quick access toolbar and tab areas) was...
Hi,
This helped me with the same issue in my Excel 2016:
1. Type and launch Regedit in the windows search window.
2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\ExperimentConfigs\ExternalFeatureOverrides\excel
3. In the parameter "Microsoft.Office.UXPlatform.FluentSVRefresh" change the value "true" to "false".
Good luck!
FYI - I tried the fix (did not work - no change) noted at:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/493188/excel-2019-ribbon-updated-to-the-new-office-365-st.html
Control Panel > Apps and Features (found in the "Find a setting box"). > Apps and Features, find the Office 2016 and right-click it, perform an Online Repair for it.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/493188/excel-2019-ribbon-updated-to-the-new-office-365-st.html
Control Panel > Apps and Features (found in the "Find a setting box"). > Apps and Features, find the Office 2016 and right-click it, perform an Online Repair for it.
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File - options - General - Personalise your copy of Microsoft Office - Office Background - No background - Office Theme - Colorful. Got me back to green theme in Excel. The colourless title bar was making it hard for me to focus.
Frank