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Virock's avatar
Virock
Copper Contributor
Aug 23, 2024

Equation Editor Wrong Highlight Color In Dark Mode

The highlight color in the Equation Editor is not correct when using dark mode in Word. The white text is unreadable. I’m seeing posts mentioning this issue from 4 years ago. How has this not been pa...
Stefan_Blom's avatar
Stefan_Blom
MVP
May 14, 2026

 

You can select the option "Never change the document page color" at File > Options > General to get the correct colors of text (it affects not only equations). 

 

 

  • Charles_Kenyon's avatar
    Charles_Kenyon
    Bronze Contributor
    May 15, 2026

    Jargon alert: This is the selection color, not the highlighting color.

    This is a user-to-user support forum.

    Microsoft is not hearing about your problems from what you post here. You are discussing a problem with your fellow users here. We can give good advice about how to work with Word as it is and give suggestions for making it work properly.

    Designers and their supervisors do see feedback. (You will almost certainly not get a direct response to that feedback but they do see it.)

    Here is more about that:

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/giving-feedback-on-microsoft-word-or-other/8df81a9b-84aa-46ef-bf88-24fb7fec96ba

    I suggest using the public feedback portal so other users can see your feedback, comment and vote. If you want, you can post the URL of your feedback with your question here to lead others with the same problem to your feedback. Be the “squeaky wheel” that gets fixed!

    • Stefan_Blom's avatar
      Stefan_Blom
      MVP
      May 17, 2026

      Charles, the selection color would be correct if the page background is set to white as well. Or maybe I am missing something else here. :-)