Laura,

The automatic color is determined by the "Windows Text" color set in Control
PanelDisplayAppearance. Changing this color will effect text color
globally in your windows applications.



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Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.

Laura wrote:
In the toolbar in Microsof Word, you can see the button that changes
the font color. If you click on the little arrow to its right, you
see a drop-down menu. In the menu there is a box saying "Automatic"
and displaying what the current automatic color is (usually black). I
need to know how to change the automatic color. Thank you.