The newer.docx extension signifies the Office Open XML international standard for Office documents and is used by Word 2007 and later for Windows, Word 2008 and later for macOS, as well as by a growing number of applications from other vendors, including OpenOffice.org Writer, an open source word processing program.
macOS Mojave was released to the public last month, and since then we’ve seen third-party apps slowly update to support the new Dark Mode interface. According to Microsoft Office product manager Akshay Bakshi, Microsoft Office will soon add support for a Dark Mode interface.
While Bakshi’s original tweet only offered a teaser showing Microsoft Word’s navigation pane switch to Dark Mode, we can now get a full look at Microsoft PowerPoint’s Dark Mode interface. As you can see in the above image, Microsoft Office Dark Mode will theme the entire application.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem that all of Microsoft’s Office applications will add Dark Mode support, at least at the start. Currently, Word, Excel and PowerPoint are the only ones being tested by the company, but that could change in the future.
Microsoft Office Dark Mode support will be a welcome update for users of the Microsoft suite of applications. Currently, Microsoft Office apps feature predominantly white interfaces, which makes them jarring when macOS is set to Dark Mode.
Microsoft Office Dark Mode is available now to Officer Insider beta testers, with a full release to follow. Earlier today, Microsoft Outlook for iOS was updated with optimization for the iPhone XS and iPhone XR.
What are some of your favorite Dark Mode applications on macOS Mojave? Let us know down in the comments!
Look closely at the Pictures icon. Office running on macOS Mojave in Dark Mode. #OfficeInsiders#office365pic.twitter.com/xDSTFvNr5q
— Akshay Bakshi 🎉 (@AgentAkki) October 29, 2018
📣 Office Visual Refresh and Dark Mode support rolling out now to Insiders Fast with build 181029!
🎀 New Ribbon and icon styling in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote.
🌙 Dark Mode in Word, Excel and PPT on macOS Mojave. https://t.co/gTrEQbJoiN#OfficeInsiders#office365pic.twitter.com/rTvFvOsqE1
🌙 Dark Mode in Word, Excel and PPT on macOS Mojave. https://t.co/gTrEQbJoiN#OfficeInsiders#office365pic.twitter.com/rTvFvOsqE1
— Akshay Bakshi 🎉 (@AgentAkki) October 30, 2018
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