Tired of blue? Give Excel 2007 a new color scheme

Excel 2007 gives you a lot of new visual options when it comes to building a spreadsheet. You can apply themes to your data and use new shape effects and conditional formatting looks. But what about your Excel application itself? Believe it or not, you don't need to stick with Microsoft's traditional blue color scheme.

To change your Excel application's color scheme:

1. Launch Excel and click the Office button.
2. Click the Excel Options button to open the Excel Options dialog box.
3. If necessary, choose Popular in the left pane.
4. Choose either Blue, Black, or Silver from the Color Scheme dropdown list.
5. Click OK to apply the new color scheme.