How do you make Libreoffice 7 menus READABLE?

[Sorin Srbu]

On Mon, 2021-08-16 at 07:14 +0000, Marco Fioretti wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I recently installed Ubuntu 21.04, which includes Libreoffice 7. It works,
> except the toolbar (File, Edit, View, Insert etc...) and all its drop-down 
> menus are almost unreadable, because somebody (not in Ubuntu, I assume)
> thought that grey characters over a black background are a good idea.
> 
> How this, instead of the opposite, could ever be set as default is beyond
> me, really. It really seems the OPPOSITE of usability to me.
> 
> But hey, who cares, surely there is a way to revert that interface to a
> real color scheme. Except I can't recognize it. I searched and found
> instructions to change the icons, or to set dark even the background of
> the page being written. But the menus themselves remain unreadable.
> 
> Surely it's my fault for not using the right keywords, but I need help
> here. I want all the whole darned Libreoffice windows, toolbars and all,
> to be light grey background, with menus written in black. How do I get
> there?

Hello Marco!

Have a look at menu Tools/Options/Libreoffice/Personalization.

Fiddle around with those. Does it help setting those for better contrast
etc?

Otherwise, I believe Libreoffice uses the desktop theme. You may want to
experiment with those too if the above doesn't help.

HTH.



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