Windows 10: Excel 2016 title bar displays differently to other Office applications

Hello I wonder if anyone can shed any light on this? In my copy of Excel 2016 the title bar displays as follows where the menu currently selected is underlined: Whereas every other Office application displays its title bar slightly differently: Can anyone advise why this is and how might Excel's title bar be made consistent with the rest of Office? I know this is a cosmetic issue but it is vexing! My copy of Office 2016 runs on a Windows 10 PC. Thanks

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Excel 2016 title bar displays differently to other Office applications

Hello

I wonder if anyone can shed any light on this? In my copy of Excel 2016 the title bar displays as follows where the menu currently selected is underlined:





Whereas every other Office application displays its title bar slightly differently:





Can anyone advise why this is and how might Excel's title bar be made consistent with the rest of Office?

I know this is a cosmetic issue but it is vexing! My copy of Office 2016 runs on a Windows 10 PC.

Thanks

 

Excel 2016 title bar displays differently to other Office applications

It is the same for me with Office 2019.









It was asked in this thread

Ribbon in Excel different from Word or Powerpoint
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...7-b1e18a79c501

I suspect that different developers are working on different Office apps. Maybe somebody at Microsoft will care enough fix this "feature". Of course this might be considered so inconsequential that it might never get fixed.

 

Change the color of the Office 2016 title bar

I use WinAwero tweaker a lot, but it doesn't do anything for Office

I'm not trying to change the ribbon color.

I found a file called APP.VisualElementsManifest.xml in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16 where the title bar color appears to be specified. "APP" = Excel, Word, Access etc.

The file contains
Code:

The background color coincidentally specifies the color of the title bar in the app. However, changing them all to blue (as used on word), to #4269a5 didn't change them on the APP.

I suspect the colors are not hard coded because selecting on of the three themes changes it. So, I'm trying to find the element that the theme changes for the title bar color.

As to an image.. Check this out, this will give you an idea of what I mean... http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-conten...ebars-crop.png

I do not have a Microsoft account. This is a standalone Office 2016 retail pack. Not Office 365.