>>>I tried both and the only change I saw when I change the Windows color scheme to various possibilities. But, in all case, I was still having a darkground. I was however capable of seeing the font color to white. It is still unsolved.
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>>Try deleting Normal.dot file. It will not harm your MS Word installation, because words creates a new one if do not find it. However you will loose all your specific default settings (font, style, etc.). Make an archived copy on Normal.dot to make all things safer.
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>I remove the Normal.dot file and it doesn't change anything. So, it's not related to that.
Check Tools|Options|View->Field Shading (it is combo) Choose "When Selected"
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