Regardless of your Dark Mode settings, your document will print with the light mode page color. Also, your Dark Mode settings do not impact your collaborators, and Word will respect individual view preferences. Go to File > Options > General > Personalize your copy of Microsoft Office.īy the Office Theme color selection box, select the checkbox for Never change the document page color. You can disable the dark page background in Dark Mode and keep the page light. Word will remember the state of this toggle for future Dark Mode sessions. Select Switch Modes to change the page background color.
Once Dark Mode has been turned on, you can toggle between the dark and light page background colors. Open the drop-down menu and select Black.Īlternatively, you can select Use system setting, which will automatically switch your Office theme based on your Windows theme.
This will enable the Black theme for all Office apps. To use Dark Mode in Word, you must first set your Office theme to Black.