The dark mode update means the canvas will now have an option to switch to a dark mode, instead of the bright white that currently exists today. Word is getting an even darker mode for its canvas.

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When you switch to a dark canvas Microsoft Word will intelligently shifts colours of textual elements to show up better. Importantly the change won't affect how it will print or how document ...