I have changed the page colour in other Office apps but not able to do it for the 'Word' app, which is the app I use most.

In Word I can change the page colour via the 'Design/Page Color' tab but that is only for the current document. I wish Word to launch with the customised page colour.

Saving-as 'normal.dotm' template does not save the colour change. Saving-as 'normal.dotx' template does save the colour change but this is of no help since Word uses the .dotm template. Macros are disabled but how do I get Word to use the .dotx template instead of the .dotm template?

Is there any other way to achieve this?