You can change the "paper color" in Word by changing the window color in
Windows Control Panel | Display | Appearance.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"pinkster" wrote in message
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I think that Word should offer different color backgrounds other than
white.
I spend the majority of my time using Word to write papers and it gets
hard
on the eyes to stare at a white screen.