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Change default page color

Anonymous
2023-02-05T11:56:59+00:00

I'd like to change the page color to dark grey. To do so, I go to "Design", scroll down the "Page Color", and choose the correct color. But this change only applies to the current document. Whenever I have a new document, I have to repeat the procedure. Is there a way to save a customized page color as default such that it applies to all existing and new documents?

I'm using office 2021 professional and windows 11.

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  1. Stefan Blom 339.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2023-02-05T12:13:50+00:00

    You will have to open your template for editing and make the change there. If you are not intentionally using a template, your documents are based on Normal.dotm. You can open that template for editing by using the following VBA trick: In Word, press Alt+F11 (or Alt+Fn+F11 on some keyboards) to display the Visual Basic Editor. Press Ctrl+G to activate the Immediate window. Type NormalTemplate.OpenAsDocument and press Enter. Normal will open in a separate window and you can change the page color. Save and close the file. Restart Word.

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  1. Suzanne S Barnhill 277.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2023-02-06T01:53:39+00:00

    Since you are using Office 2021, you have the option of the Black theme; if you enable it, then you will also have the option of Dark Mode, which makes the page black as well.

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  2. Suzanne S Barnhill 277.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2023-02-05T13:16:19+00:00

    No, you have added a property that applies to the document itself. If you just want to view the document differently on your computer, have you tried changing to a Dark color scheme?

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  3. Stefan Blom 339.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2023-02-05T12:28:22+00:00

    Ron,

    Using the Set As Default button in the Paragraph dialog box would only save paragraph properties to the Normal style in the attached template.

    As far as I know, saving changes to the page background color will require that you open the Normal template for editing.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-02-05T12:17:20+00:00

    Hi Maozhu, Stefan will tell me if I am wrong but I think that you can change the default by clicking on the Home Tab>Then on the little down arrow at paragraph>Set as default:

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