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faroegirl62 Author

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After an upgrade of Office 365 the background and text in Word has changed from black on white to white on black. Does anyone know how to change this back?

Posted on Jul 20, 2021 6:14 AM

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Posted on Jul 24, 2021 6:00 AM

On a Mc, you can change this by modifying Preferences. Under Authoring and Proofing Tools, click on General, and under Personalize change the option to"Dark Mode has a white page color." See screenshot attached.

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Jul 24, 2021 6:00 AM in response to faroegirl62

On a Mc, you can change this by modifying Preferences. Under Authoring and Proofing Tools, click on General, and under Personalize change the option to"Dark Mode has a white page color." See screenshot attached.

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Jul 20, 2021 7:34 AM in response to faroegirl62

I would start with Word's Preference panel… or contact Microsoft.

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Jul 20, 2021 8:03 AM in response to faroegirl62

What is the "Dark Mode" Setting in Word preferences showing? This is from Office 2019 and should be the same is Office 365:

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faroegirl62 Author

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Jul 20, 2021 8:11 AM in response to Allan Jones

Thank you for your reply.

This does not solve the problem. It is the background of the document itself that is black, not like in dark mode.

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faroegirl62 Author

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Jul 20, 2021 8:13 AM in response to VikingOSX

Thank you for your reply.

I have tried the preferences, but no luck. And I can't find anywhere on the Microsoft page which is of any help.

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Jul 20, 2021 8:27 AM in response to faroegirl62

As mentioned you will likely have more success reaching out to a Microsoft Office for Mac forum. This is an iMac forum.

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