How to edit standard colors on Microsoft color picker - office 2013?

When choosing a font color (in Word 2013, say), a drop-down box shows up with a set of thematic colors, followed by a row of 10 "standard" colors, then a row of "recent colors" - the latter of which always go away once you close the application; except for Visio which mercifully keeps what colors you've created within the drawing in previous sessions.

I would like to know how to change the "standard" colors - preferably across all the office apps.  I am forever going to the "more colors" selection, then on the "standard" tab picking the blue patch that represents #0000FF because that is the blue I want.  It used to be there in some previous incarnation of Office, but since the themes were introduced, well....

So, can these be changed, if so: How, can the change be made "permanent", and can the change be propagated to the other Office apps?


Thanks!

PS - This not only applies to just font colors, but the color picker is the same for line colors, fill colors, etc.  You get the same sets of choices.  Seems to be the same function, at any rate.  So, I am not limiting this question to just text color; the question applies to wherever this control appears.

You can't modify the standard colors in the dialog box.

What you should do is modify a style so that it includes the text color that you want.

Stefan Blom
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Last updated July 30, 2024 Views 1,470 Applies to: