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Default Is it possible to change the preselected highlight colors?

I'm using Microsoft Word 2003 and would like to change the colors that are in
the highlight menu. The existing colours are either too dark or too harsh
and bright. Is there a way new colours can be added or the existing colors
edited?
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Unfortunately no. You can use shading in lieu of highlighting and if you do,
my Addin might be useful:

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Highlighter.htm

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I'm using Microsoft Word 2003 and would like to change the colors
that are in the highlight menu. The existing colours are either too
dark or too harsh and bright. Is there a way new colours can be
added or the existing colors edited?



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Great question! I have a similar one. At my work, we have just moved to Word
2007, and the first highlighting that I did was by pressing on the arrow
beside the highlight tool and I was offered the same colour options as are
available under font colour. It was great and I highlighted a section with a
nice light shade of grey, but the next time I pressed on the highlighter I
only got the normal 15 harsher colours. If it happened once, it surely should
be possible at other times. Can any experts tell me how?

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I'm using Microsoft Word 2003 and would like to change the colors that are in
the highlight menu. The existing colours are either too dark or too harsh
and bright. Is there a way new colours can be added or the existing colors
edited?

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You probably used text shading rather than the Highlighter, which has never
offered more colors than those you see now.

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Great question! I have a similar one. At my work, we have just moved to
Word
2007, and the first highlighting that I did was by pressing on the arrow
beside the highlight tool and I was offered the same colour options as are
available under font colour. It was great and I highlighted a section with
a
nice light shade of grey, but the next time I pressed on the highlighter I
only got the normal 15 harsher colours. If it happened once, it surely
should
be possible at other times. Can any experts tell me how?

"j123" wrote:

I'm using Microsoft Word 2003 and would like to change the colors that
are in
the highlight menu. The existing colours are either too dark or too
harsh
and bright. Is there a way new colours can be added or the existing
colors
edited?



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Default Is it possible to change the preselected highlight colors?

I am sure that I pressed the highlight arrow, but even if not, how do I get
access to text shading instead? (I don't get any help on text shading when
pressing F1; I only get the same help text as text highlighting.)

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You probably used text shading rather than the Highlighter, which has never
offered more colors than those you see now.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Nasrine" wrote in message
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Great question! I have a similar one. At my work, we have just moved to
Word
2007, and the first highlighting that I did was by pressing on the arrow
beside the highlight tool and I was offered the same colour options as are
available under font colour. It was great and I highlighted a section with
a
nice light shade of grey, but the next time I pressed on the highlighter I
only got the normal 15 harsher colours. If it happened once, it surely
should
be possible at other times. Can any experts tell me how?

"j123" wrote:

I'm using Microsoft Word 2003 and would like to change the colors that
are in
the highlight menu. The existing colours are either too dark or too
harsh
and bright. Is there a way new colours can be added or the existing
colors
edited?






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Text shading is applied with the "paint can" button in the Paragraph section
of the Home ribbon. To make it easier, though, download the Highlighter
add-in from http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Highlighter.htm.

Nasrine wrote:
I am sure that I pressed the highlight arrow, but even if not, how do
I get access to text shading instead? (I don't get any help on text
shading when pressing F1; I only get the same help text as text
highlighting.)

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You probably used text shading rather than the Highlighter, which
has never offered more colors than those you see now.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Nasrine" wrote in message
...
Great question! I have a similar one. At my work, we have just
moved to Word
2007, and the first highlighting that I did was by pressing on the
arrow beside the highlight tool and I was offered the same colour
options as are available under font colour. It was great and I
highlighted a section with a
nice light shade of grey, but the next time I pressed on the
highlighter I only got the normal 15 harsher colours. If it
happened once, it surely should
be possible at other times. Can any experts tell me how?

"j123" wrote:

I'm using Microsoft Word 2003 and would like to change the colors
that are in
the highlight menu. The existing colours are either too dark or
too harsh
and bright. Is there a way new colours can be added or the
existing colors
edited?



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