Re-posted in correct forum - can I delete this one?

Hi - I've had issues with the default outline colour for shapes being grey, previously blue, and I always need them to be black. Given I use Word predominantly with shape creation for my work, it's becoing a complete pain that I have to change the outline colour each time, especially as the 'shape outline' drop-down box no longer has the simple option to change the colour since my computer last did an update. (See pic)


I have to click on 'more outline colours' to begin the tedious process, and often it doesn't change the shape colour at all, requiring me to go to the 'shape styles' visual box, scroll through to the thick black one, then reduce the line width accordingly.
Any ideas how to get it to use a simple 1pt black line to create all the shapes rather than the default grey?
Thanks!

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