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In Office 2007, selected text is displayed as black text with a light blue
highlighter effect as the default. Is there a way to change this preference so that selected text displays as white text with a black highlighter effect, as in previous versions of Word? |
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On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:06:00 -0700, David Rathert David
wrote: In Office 2007, selected text is displayed as black text with a light blue highlighter effect as the default. Is there a way to change this preference so that selected text displays as white text with a black highlighter effect, as in previous versions of Word? Sorry, David, you're sadly mistaken. The blue selection highlight is neither a default nor a preference. It's a hard-coded like-it-or-lump-it. Many of us don't like it. You ought to rephrase your post as a "suggestion to Microsoft" that may be considered for the next version. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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I'm not sure about in Windows XP, but in Vista, if you go into the Advanced
Appearance settings for the operating system and change the Selected Items coloring, it does change how selected text is displayed in Word 2007. I don't have the patience to experiment a lot, but I did manage just now to changed the selection background from blue to gray, by futzing with Color 1 (Color 2 isn't available). YMMV. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:06:00 -0700, David Rathert David wrote: In Office 2007, selected text is displayed as black text with a light blue highlighter effect as the default. Is there a way to change this preference so that selected text displays as white text with a black highlighter effect, as in previous versions of Word? Sorry, David, you're sadly mistaken. The blue selection highlight is neither a default nor a preference. It's a hard-coded like-it-or-lump-it. Many of us don't like it. You ought to rephrase your post as a "suggestion to Microsoft" that may be considered for the next version. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Thanks, Herb. That does work with Windows XP (the selection background
in Word 2007 is a desaturated shade of whatever you select as Color 1 in Control Panel Display Appearance Advanced Selection Item). However, (a) it still doesn't give any way to have the selection as white text on a black background and (b) it affects the selection background in all programs, not just in Word. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 08:20:57 -0400, "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: I'm not sure about in Windows XP, but in Vista, if you go into the Advanced Appearance settings for the operating system and change the Selected Items coloring, it does change how selected text is displayed in Word 2007. I don't have the patience to experiment a lot, but I did manage just now to changed the selection background from blue to gray, by futzing with Color 1 (Color 2 isn't available). YMMV. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Jay Freedman" wrote in message .. . On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:06:00 -0700, David Rathert David wrote: In Office 2007, selected text is displayed as black text with a light blue highlighter effect as the default. Is there a way to change this preference so that selected text displays as white text with a black highlighter effect, as in previous versions of Word? Sorry, David, you're sadly mistaken. The blue selection highlight is neither a default nor a preference. It's a hard-coded like-it-or-lump-it. Many of us don't like it. You ought to rephrase your post as a "suggestion to Microsoft" that may be considered for the next version. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Jay and Herb, thanks for your responses. I did enter this as a suggestion to
Microsoft on their site. I'm very surprised that this was not designed as one of the user display options/preferences. "Jay Freedman" wrote: Thanks, Herb. That does work with Windows XP (the selection background in Word 2007 is a desaturated shade of whatever you select as Color 1 in Control Panel Display Appearance Advanced Selection Item). However, (a) it still doesn't give any way to have the selection as white text on a black background and (b) it affects the selection background in all programs, not just in Word. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 08:20:57 -0400, "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: I'm not sure about in Windows XP, but in Vista, if you go into the Advanced Appearance settings for the operating system and change the Selected Items coloring, it does change how selected text is displayed in Word 2007. I don't have the patience to experiment a lot, but I did manage just now to changed the selection background from blue to gray, by futzing with Color 1 (Color 2 isn't available). YMMV. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Jay Freedman" wrote in message .. . On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:06:00 -0700, David Rathert David wrote: In Office 2007, selected text is displayed as black text with a light blue highlighter effect as the default. Is there a way to change this preference so that selected text displays as white text with a black highlighter effect, as in previous versions of Word? Sorry, David, you're sadly mistaken. The blue selection highlight is neither a default nor a preference. It's a hard-coded like-it-or-lump-it. Many of us don't like it. You ought to rephrase your post as a "suggestion to Microsoft" that may be considered for the next version. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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