My New Documents Are Not Blank. Click Select All Save OK. In the Preferences dialog select the Use Legacy New Document Dialog and deselect the Auto-Show the Home Screen option.
During this session Word uses its built-in defaults and does not actually create a new Normal template until you exit the application at which point you will receive this prompt. If I open an existing document it opens fine but trying to create a new blank document isnt working. Again its a full-screen-display and not a drop-down.
For example the default font for new blank documents is based on the Normal template.
Under Fill Color select the desired colour for example white. I recently installed on IMAC. Click Close to save the changes. In the Preferences dialog select the Use Legacy New Document Dialog and deselect the Auto-Show the Home Screen option.
