Limited options in Mac System Prefs --can't make highlighting color (used in Word, Calendar, etc) dark enough to SEE what I just selected/highlighted in a doc!
This is NOT a new problem; in EVERY Mac OS since I've owned my current Mac (early 2015), the System Preferences are faulty because they do not allow the user to make the accent color-- which is ALSO the color the system uses to highlight selected words/paragraphs etc. in Word-- DARK enough so I can see what I JUST highlighted/selected in the document.
I assumed it was a MS problem at first; but in careful Help forum discussions with a MS Support person, they pointed out that for Macs, the problem is that the System Pref available colors are so limited. These are under APPLE\systemprefs\general.
The choices that LOOK dark in the menu ARE NOT DARK on the normal (white background) screen on my MBP screen, NOR on my second monitor screen, in Office documents!
I checked Accessibility options in Prefs--there is NO way I found to address this issue.
I tried to increase contrast, did not help; but I didn't see ANY other ways to address this other than be in Dark mode all the time. And then the highlights are distracting, and I simply don't like reading off the dark background.
*** Weirdly, if I am using other apps-- Gmail, Pages, or on the web, the highlight shade (same one I chose in Sys Pref) is FINE-- barely viewable dark red on docs in Office is VERY visible in gmail; on websites (like just now when I highlighted a phrase to move it in this doc); and in Pages.
I could try to switch to Pages; BUT I have used Word for 20+ years, and tried to switch but found the differences challenging to learn.
I fail to understand why no one has created an add-on to adjust this. With all the innovative features Apple keeps rolling out, why can't this seemingly simple one be adjusted?
This is such an obstacle to me, that when I soon have to purchase a replacement for my MBP which is slowing down, I MUST consider non-Macs -- and I've been using Macs for 15 yrs, and it is otherwise SO superior to WIndows, that doing that upsets me a lot..
** Thank you in advance for any ideas or solutions you may have.
Thanks!
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.6