How can I set the background of Word to a different default color?

Question

Default blue background and white text in Microsoft Word.

I have just moved to Word 2010 (Student Version now released) and although it is possible to create individual documents with a blue background it is not possible to set the program with a blue background as a default.

I understand this was discontinued with Office 2007.
The only way I can open a document with a blue background is to create a Template with a blue background and use that for each document I wish to create.

I'm sure there must be a method of hacking the registry to accomplish this. Can you assist?

Solution

Have been able to accomplish a blue background. Not through the registry, but by creating a Template using Normal.dot. Very easy.

Comments

[quack quixote]

the traditional method for enforcing such a default via templates was to make the change in the default template. used to be the file "normal.dot", but it's been about a decade since i dealt with MS Word heavily, so that could've changed since then.

[JJ_Australia]

Pretty much the same, except now it's "normal.dotx" and in Word 2007/2010 format.