[Denise Freiburger]

Hi

I'm using Word 2002.

We need to create a style that saves a background colour but the colour
should only apply to the selected text and not to the whole paragraph.

This can be done manually - which is what we currently do - but I can't find
a way to save it as a style. The only shading options seem to be attached to
paragraph styles which will then colour the whole line.

Does anyone know of a work around for this - or even if I'm missing
something obvious?

Thanks very much

[Jezebel]

Define a character style.


"Denise Freiburger" wrote in
message ...
Hi

I'm using Word 2002.

We need to create a style that saves a background colour but the colour
should only apply to the selected text and not to the whole paragraph.

This can be done manually - which is what we currently do - but I can't
find
a way to save it as a style. The only shading options seem to be attached
to
paragraph styles which will then colour the whole line.

Does anyone know of a work around for this - or even if I'm missing
something obvious?

Thanks very much

[Denise Freiburger]

Background shading isn't available for character styles.

"Jezebel" wrote:

Define a character style.


"Denise Freiburger" wrote in
message ...
Hi

I'm using Word 2002.

We need to create a style that saves a background colour but the colour
should only apply to the selected text and not to the whole paragraph.

This can be done manually - which is what we currently do - but I can't
find
a way to save it as a style. The only shading options seem to be attached
to
paragraph styles which will then colour the whole line.

Does anyone know of a work around for this - or even if I'm missing
something obvious?

Thanks very much

[Jezebel]

Was it introduced after W2002? It's available at least in W2003.





"Denise Freiburger" wrote in
message ...
Background shading isn't available for character styles.

"Jezebel" wrote:

Define a character style.


"Denise Freiburger" wrote in
message ...
Hi

I'm using Word 2002.

We need to create a style that saves a background colour but the colour
should only apply to the selected text and not to the whole paragraph.

This can be done manually - which is what we currently do - but I can't
find
a way to save it as a style. The only shading options seem to be
attached
to
paragraph styles which will then colour the whole line.

Does anyone know of a work around for this - or even if I'm missing
something obvious?

Thanks very much

[Denise Freiburger]

I'm not sure about that one. I have 2003 at home but don't use it very much
- I'll check that out though.

"Jezebel" wrote:

Was it introduced after W2002? It's available at least in W2003.





"Denise Freiburger" wrote in
message ...
Background shading isn't available for character styles.

"Jezebel" wrote:

Define a character style.


"Denise Freiburger" wrote in
message ...
Hi

I'm using Word 2002.

We need to create a style that saves a background colour but the colour
should only apply to the selected text and not to the whole paragraph.

This can be done manually - which is what we currently do - but I can't
find
a way to save it as a style. The only shading options seem to be
attached
to
paragraph styles which will then colour the whole line.

Does anyone know of a work around for this - or even if I'm missing
something obvious?

Thanks very much

[Jezebel]

Well, it's definitely available and working in my W2003.


"Denise Freiburger" wrote in
message ...
I'm not sure about that one. I have 2003 at home but don't use it very
much
- I'll check that out though.

"Jezebel" wrote:

Was it introduced after W2002? It's available at least in W2003.





"Denise Freiburger" wrote in
message ...
Background shading isn't available for character styles.

"Jezebel" wrote:

Define a character style.


"Denise Freiburger" wrote
in
message ...
Hi

I'm using Word 2002.

We need to create a style that saves a background colour but the
colour
should only apply to the selected text and not to the whole
paragraph.

This can be done manually - which is what we currently do - but I
can't
find
a way to save it as a style. The only shading options seem to be
attached
to
paragraph styles which will then colour the whole line.

Does anyone know of a work around for this - or even if I'm missing
something obvious?

Thanks very much

[TedMi]

Shading attributes were added to Character styles in W2003. In previous
versions, that option is greyed in the style dialog.
--
Ted

[Denise Freiburger]

I assume Microsoft realised it was something that users needed and added it
to 2003.

Oh well, this probably means we're out of luck creating a style with shading
for selected chars using 2002.

Thanks for your help anyway guys - much appreciated.

"TedMi" wrote:

Shading attributes were added to Character styles in W2003. In previous
versions, that option is greyed in the style dialog.
--
Ted

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I'm really surprised to hear this, as we often advise users to create
character styles to apply text shading as a substitute for using the mostly
useless Highlight colors, and I have never yet heard that this option was
available in previous versions.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Denise Freiburger" wrote in
message ...
I assume Microsoft realised it was something that users needed and added
it
to 2003.

Oh well, this probably means we're out of luck creating a style with
shading
for selected chars using 2002.

Thanks for your help anyway guys - much appreciated.

"TedMi" wrote:

Shading attributes were added to Character styles in W2003. In previous
versions, that option is greyed in the style dialog.
--
Ted