Nov 16 2021 10:28 PM - edited Nov 16 2021 10:46 PM
I have used my excel (MS Office 2016) for 5 years, no issues. This evening Excel presented very differently. Upon opening:
Any ideas what is going on?
ALSO, FOR REFERENCE - I include a snapshot of my MS Word ribbon and tabs etc. Though this is MS Word - this is the same style the Excel worksheet had.
Thank you,
Roy
Nov 16 2021 11:23 PM
In Excel 2016, do the following:
Open / click "File"
Click on "Options"
New window will appear
Click on the link above on "General"
Right go to heading (Bold) with "Personalize Microsoft Office Copy".
Office design: change from white to bundle with the drop down menu (click on the small file below)
Press "OK" ... should be green again :).
Hope I could help you with these information / links.
NikolinoDE
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Nov 17 2021 09:59 AM
Hi! I have the same problem as @ROYL57. Unfortunately, the solution you proposed does not work for me since I can´t see the "Office Design" drop-down menu, nor the "bundle" option on any other menu, under the header "Personalize your copy of Microsoft Office".
Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance.
Nov 17 2021 11:18 AM - edited Nov 17 2021 11:19 AM
Thank you NikolinDE,
Unfortunately I do not have an Office Design drop down. I did change "Office Theme" to "Colorful", which put some green back at the top of the worksheet.
However, I still have two different quick access toolbars, and the "not normal" looking tabs.
Can you suggest additional fixes?
Thank you,
Roy
Nov 17 2021 11:51 AM
I guess under Office Design @NikolinoDE meant both Office Background and Office Theme tabs. Office Design doesn't exists. However, above settings are applied to all Office app, not separately to specific app like Excel or Word.
Did you try in safe mode (Win+R -> excel /safe), do you have different colors for Excel and Word in it as well?
Nov 17 2021 04:30 PM - edited Nov 17 2021 04:36 PM
the same thing has happened to me. Now got x2 quick access toolbars...in top left have Green excel icon and save file icon followed by vertical line...then my old quick access toolbar (new, open open, save etc):
Nov 17 2021 08:51 PM
Customize the Quick Access Toolbar
The Quick Access Toolbar is a customizable toolbar that contains a set of commands that are independent of the tab on the ribbon that is currently displayed. You can move the Quick Access Toolbar from one of the two possible locations, and you can add buttons that represent commands to the Quick Access Toolbar.
Add a command to the Quick Access Toolbar that isn’t on the ribbon
Change the order of the commands on the Quick Access Toolbar
Group the commands by adding a separator between the commands
Customize the Quick Access Toolbar by using the Options command
Hope I was able to help you with this info.
NikolinoDE
I know I don't know anything (Socrates)
Nov 17 2021 10:58 PM
I have the same issue 17.11.2021 the UI in excel changed. Is there any chance to rollback? These "new look" is bad. Office 2019
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Nov 22 2021 02:54 AM
Try
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
Nov 22 2021 12:02 PM - edited Nov 22 2021 12:03 PM
Solution
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!
Nov 22 2021 09:24 PM - edited Nov 22 2021 09:26 PM
Nov 22 2021 10:11 PM
Nov 23 2021 01:34 AM
thanks also worked for me
p.s. "regedit" is the registry editor
Nov 23 2021 03:43 AM
Nov 23 2021 01:29 PM
Is there any way to remove the text description of the icons on the Quick Access Toolbar?
I don't think I need to know the save icon is "Save"! And now all my icons (incl descriptions) don't fit on the page example below
thanks
Nov 23 2021 10:38 PM
Customize the Quick Access Toolbar
What do you want to do?
Nov 24 2021 08:53 AM - edited Nov 24 2021 09:16 AM
RESOLVED!!
WOW!!! That worked!!
Thank you Maxim!!
Bonus point question: Any idea how/why that setting was changed, or what was the underlying cause of this?
Bonus bonus point question: How did you know this?
High regard and many thanks,
Roy
Nov 22 2021 12:02 PM - edited Nov 22 2021 12:03 PM
Solution
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!