"jloonman5" wrote:
How do I change the field color in a newsletter masthead (field only
behind
headline text)?

Are you saying that you want your heading to have a background color?
If this is the case, paragraph shading is what you need. On the Format
menu, click Borders and Shading. Click the Shading tab and pick the
desired color. Make sure "Apply to" reads "Paragraph", and then click
OK. (If you are familiar with paragraph styles, of course you can make
the change in the style definition, via the Modify Style dialog box.)

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Stefan Blom