Outlook for Mac 2016 Question - Color the Email Backgrounds - No Answer from MS

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Outlook for Mac 2016 Question - Color the Email Backgrounds - No Answer from MS

Can I add background color to an email in outlook 2016 for mac? Like a solid green, or yellow, for example? I can in 2011 using the options tab. Is that available in Outlook 2016 for Mac?

No guidance from MS support and Google turns up nothing .... Maybe some poor soul like me uses MS Outlook 2016 and knows.

I'm still on 2011 (as part of 365) but have a client that pays me a lot of $$$ but is visually impaired and needs a dark background and a red font. Don't want to upgrade until I know the answer.

Any answer - mucho appreciated!

VIN,iMac (27-inch Late 2009), Mac OS X (10.6.8), El Capitan Partition

Posted on Sep 6, 2016 3:33 PM

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Answer 1

Raicya

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Sep 6, 2016 4:37 PM in response to pcbjr

Hi,

In Outlook 2016 for Mac it is not possible using the option, click on the smiley and send a feedback to Microsoft.

You can do it manual, but it is not perfect.

Select the text then click on text color ☞ red.

After that click Highlightng color ☞ black.

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Answer 2

pcbjr Author

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Sep 6, 2016 4:39 PM in response to Raicya

Yeah MS just finally contacted me back. Nada. They put in a ticket for a requested upgrade - maybe a year from now, I suspect. Good hint, though and Thanks!

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Answer 3

Raicya

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Sep 8, 2016 12:15 PM in response to pcbjr

Hi,

pcbjr wrote:

They put in a ticket for a requested upgrade - maybe a year from now, I suspect. Good hint, though and Thanks!

Yes, it could be a year from now or longer ?

I follow this feedback link (an example) cause it is interesting.

Click on Post a new idea . . . and you will see more.

You are welcome 😉

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Answer 4

Kurt Lang

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Sep 8, 2016 1:39 PM in response to pcbjr

According to one of the forums on Microsoft's site, this was an option up to version 15.21, but was lost after that. So basically, someone screwed up and they need to put it back.

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Kurt Lang

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Sep 9, 2016 11:13 AM in response to Kurt Lang

Just to confirm, I downloaded and installed various previous versions of Outlook 2016. MS did indeed screw up. Don't know exactly when it disappeared since I didn't try every single version update, but in 15.15 and 15.19.1, it's there:

15.25 (current), it's gone. No Background Color or Background Picture choice:

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jhelisa

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Sep 29, 2016 12:17 PM in response to pcbjr

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