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InDesign Interface Color

Pierro4 Posted messages 27 Status Member -  
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Hello,
I have a problem with InDesign CS6. When I go to Preferences > Interface, I don't have the option to change the color of my interface. I only have "Motion Cursor Options," "Panels," and "Options." Normally, I should have "Appearance" to change the background color to lighter or darker, but I don't have that option, which is quite frustrating. Everything is too bright and strains my eyes.

Does anyone know where the problem might come from?
Is there another setting to adjust beforehand?

Thank you for your attention.
Best regards.

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    contrariness Posted messages 17903 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   6 243
     
    I don’t recall that changing the background color in InDesign is possible, since in 99% of cases we print on white paper, and if we have to print on colored paper, it's the paper that changes... (I am ignoring ink transparency)...
    InDesign is a layout software, unlike Photoshop where changing the background is possible.

    However, if this bothers you, you can put a background on the entire pasteboard (and page) via a template...
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    1. Pierro4 Posted messages 27 Status Member 1
       
      It is clear that I am not talking about the document I am working on...

      I am indeed talking about the software interface.
      According to some tutorials, you can change the color of the interface (several shades of gray). In Edit > Preferences > Interface. However, I do not have this option.
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    2. contrariness Posted messages 17903 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   6 243
       
      In Photoshop.. yes but in Indesign.. I don't know..
      Do you have the link to a tutorial??
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    3. Pierro4 Posted messages 27 Status Member 1
       
      Yes, I even have two:
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RZLL4Mq15I
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgWNuRaEVJM


      He explains it here too:
      http://41mag.fr/adobe-photoshop-cs6-comment-eclaircir-gris-clair-ou-obscurcir-linterface.html


      But I can't understand why I don't have the same thing, it's weird.
      I would like to have a darker interface, it's more pleasant to work in the evening. My eyes get tired very quickly even with glasses.
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      1. contrariness Posted messages 17903 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   6 243 > Pierro4 Posted messages 27 Status Member
         
        In videos 1 & 2, the users are on MAC..

        The functions available on MAC are sometimes different from those available on PC (and vice versa).
        Moreover, in the 2nd video, it's the CC version and not the CS6... it is possible that the function was implemented in CS6... (which I refuse to rent!)

        The 3rd video is for Photoshop.. and that exists on PC as well.
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