Perhaps you’ve accidentally enabled Dark Mode in Microsoft Word, or your graphics driver is outdated.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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
If manual installation is required, install them via gadget Manager.