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Welp, I found a "fix" - given that you don't care about having any Office updates from the last 3 years. Per user "dacrone" in another thread (permalink to message):
Even though this was posted way back in August 2016, this fix still works - it's just a matter of whether you're OK using an old version of Office '16. Personally, I am, so it's what I decided to do. The process took about 7-8 minutes for me. (Also, can confirm, if you update back to the current version, it unfortunately forces itself back to the dark gray theme.)Close all office programs
Open an Elevated Command Prompt at:*
"C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun"
Run command:
OfficeC2RClient.exe /update user updatetoversion=16.0.4201.1006
Then once it is done, disable updates in File > Account. Once I downgraded build versions I had the Black option. I set that then updated to newest version again and it disappeared again... I don't know why it does that. So, I downgraded again and it was back. Just sticking with this version unless security becomes a major issue (only home use anyway).