Hi Laura-

Just reading between the lines, if you _do not_ want to affect font color in
any program but Word, you can do so through FormatFont. Make whatever
specifications you wish, including font color, then click [Default] and
confirm Yes. Also, if you are prompted to save changes to normal.dot when you
Exit Word, confirm Yes again.

Note: This will _not_ change the Automatic color setting dictated by the
Windows Control Panel as Greg points out.

HTH |:)

"Greg Maxey" wrote:

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.



--
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.