Perhaps you’ve accidentally enabled Dark Mode in Microsoft Word, or your graphics driver is outdated.

Before you proceed with the other troubleshooting steps, ruling out this basic one is a good idea.

If enabled, all applications will be affected and displayed in dark mode.

Account settings on Microsoft Word

If you’re on a Mac, clickWordin the menu bar and selectPreferencesfrom the dropdown menu.

Now, clickGeneraland check the box next toDark Mode has a white page color.

Is Your Screen Too Dark?

microsoft word preferences

Often, we end up tweaking our laptop’s configs, just to forget all about it later.

Begin by adjusting your display’s brightness.

On Windows, go toSettings > System > Display.

microsoft word general settings

You’ll now see a slider under theBrightness and colorheader.

On macOS, click theApple logoin the top-left corner of the menu bar and chooseSystem controls.

SelectDisplaysfrom the sidebar and use the slider next toBrightnessto adjust your machine’s display brightness.

switching between dark and light mode on Microsoft Word

To allow for better readability, Windows 11 allows users toturn on High Contrast Themes.

Fortunately, updating your graphic drivers is extremely simple and will only take a couple of minutes.

VisitNVIDIA,AMD, orIntel’sdownload pages, find the latest graphics drivers, and install them.

disabling dark mode for document space only

If manual installation is required, install them via gadget Manager.

Settings related to the display in Windows

Display settings in macOS

Contrast themes settings in Windows

Run box on Windows

display adapters category in device manager window

properties of graphic driver on windows

Device Manager in Windows