Macworld - USA (2019-09)

OCTOBER 2019 MACWORLD 107

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f you can’t stand an excess of photons
blasting your retinas, rejoice: dark
mode is coming to the mobile version
of Outlook, as well as Office on the web.
In late August, Microsoft said that it’s
bringing dark mode to both Outlook for
iOS and Android, as well as Office.com—
the version of Office that lives on the web,
not on your PC. When Apple rolls out iOS
13, the company will add dark mode to the

iOS versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint,

SharePoint, OneDrive, Planner, and To-Do

on mobile.

“While some Dark Mode experiences

can be neon or overly bright, people felt

that Outlook mobile kept the kind of

relaxed feeling you might want in a dimly

lit living room or bedroom,” Jon Friedman,

the chief designer for Office 365, wrote in

a blog post (go.macworld.com/medm) on

Dark mode is coming to Office on

the web, plus Outlook for iOS

There’s also an existing “black” theme within Office desktop apps,

which reproduces the mobile dark mode.

BY MARK HACHMAN

IMAGE: MICROSOFT