Metro Tiles for Microsoft Office

If you install Microsoft Office in Windows 8, and add each program to the Start Menu, you will see the icon centered in the default blue tile. The default design for Metro tiles in Windows 8 is only two colors, with no color transitions, or other shades.
Here is another's attempt to make the Office Tiles look as bland as the default tiles:

I decided to make my own custom tiles using the free Obly Tile app from their website. Here's a link that shows you how to use OblyTile.



Here are the images I used for the tiles: (feel free to right click on each image and save them to use on your computer.)

Microsoft Word
Access
 
Excel
PowerPoint
Microsoft Project
 
Microsoft Outlook 
Visio 
Microsoft Publisher
Microsoft Picture Manager
 

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