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Random letter colors?
We have all missed things that are so darned obvious to others that it's
laughable. I think I'm in the minority because I'll openly admit to doing that. Either that or I'm looking for the most convoluted way to do something and it's just a click away. You know there are pretty cool things you could do with WordArt. And if you'd ever try a program like Photoshop Elements, you'd be banging out some spectacular letters. Could be a way to earn a little extra egg money..... -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Peter in New Zealand" peterbalplugATxtraSPOTcoSPOTnz wrote in message ... Ahem! Now, I must explain that I have been a user of Word ever since ver. 97, so why didn't I think of something so stupidly obvious? I am over 60, and it is the end of the year, but (flushing bright pink and gazing at the ceiling) I still can't understand it. Thank you for answering nicely and not telling me how silly I am not to have thought of it myself. Peter. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... Why not create a template? -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Peter in New Zealand" peterbalplugATxtraSPOTcoSPOTnz wrote in message ... Every year I send out a Christmas newsletter to quite a lot of children (grownup now, and grand children. I have established this as a family tradition over several years, and they all seem to enjoy their Christmas letter from Grandad. I use Word to compose it, with text and pictures, and it's always been a heap of fun. Each sub heading has always been prepared with alternative red and green letters, and looks real great in that context. It's just for the kids, and only once a year, but something to do it automatically would be a great labour saver to say the least. -- Peter in New Zealand. (Pull the plug out to reply.) Collector of old cameras, tropical fish fancier, good coffee nutter, and compulsive computer fiddler. JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... I think a lot depends on the target audience and the purpose of the document. A letter from Santa would be one of the few instances when something like this is acceptable. (To be honest - I can't really think of another use but I don't usually produce documents where multi-colored fonts would be appreciated. They just don't seem to have a place in a medical practice. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I have been biting my tongue through this entire thread. I think the idea of random colors for text (if by random we're talking about alternating between letters) is a *terrible* idea that should have been nipped in the bud! -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Am I missing something here - if the aim of this was as originally described "I am writing some Santa letters to some kids in a playful font and I would like to print them in color" then what's the point of the extra sophistication? Any of the suggestions posted would do the job. Macros are there to help you work, not to spend more time on them than the original job they replace. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org LurfysMa wrote: On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 16:08:20 +0200, "Graham Mayor" wrote: Another possibility is the inverse of Jay's code Sub RandomColors() Dim oCh As Range Dim myColor As Word.WdColorIndex Randomize For Each oCh In Selection.Characters Do myColor = 14 * Rnd() + 1 Loop Until (myColor = wdBlue) Or (myColor = wdRed) Or (myColor = wdGreen) oCh.Font.ColorIndex = myColor Next oCh End Sub I was thinking of defining an array to hold the desired list of colors. I'll have to figure out what the numbers are for red and green (for Christmas letters). Then I could either select them randomly or cycle through them. I'll play with these variations. Thanks |
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