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Text color for all new text
On a document that's already got section headings in black-colored text--I'd
like all new text that I type anywhere on the page to be dark red. Changing the color in Font settings, or using the drop down on the toolbar, only changes the color at the cursor position. As soon as the cursor is moved, it's back to the Automatic color. I don't really want to change Automatic, since I'll just have to change it again for the next document I open. Is there a way to do this other than having to frequently change the color of Automatic or mess with third-party macros? |
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Text color for all new text
The only way to get Word to use a different color for all new text
*automatically* is to turn on Track Changes (http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/trac...gesWorks.html). If that doesn't suit your purposes, the only other mechanism Word offers is to define new styles that include the color you want, and *manually* apply those styles to whatever new text you type. It isn't going to happen automatically. -- 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 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:01:01 -0700, MarcD wrote: On a document that's already got section headings in black-colored text--I'd like all new text that I type anywhere on the page to be dark red. Changing the color in Font settings, or using the drop down on the toolbar, only changes the color at the cursor position. As soon as the cursor is moved, it's back to the Automatic color. I don't really want to change Automatic, since I'll just have to change it again for the next document I open. Is there a way to do this other than having to frequently change the color of Automatic or mess with third-party macros? |
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Text color for all new text
The only way to get Word to use a different color for all new text
*automatically* is to turn on Track Changes (http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/trac...gesWorks.html). If that doesn't suit your purposes, the only other mechanism Word offers is to define new styles that include the color you want, and *manually* apply those styles to whatever new text you type. It isn't going to happen automatically. -- 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 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:01:01 -0700, MarcD wrote: On a document that's already got section headings in black-colored text--I'd like all new text that I type anywhere on the page to be dark red. Changing the color in Font settings, or using the drop down on the toolbar, only changes the color at the cursor position. As soon as the cursor is moved, it's back to the Automatic color. I don't really want to change Automatic, since I'll just have to change it again for the next document I open. Is there a way to do this other than having to frequently change the color of Automatic or mess with third-party macros? |
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Text color for all new text
Why can't you simply assign the color to the paragraph style you're
using for the body text? (Modify Format Font) On Mar 21, 9:01*pm, MarcD wrote: On a document that's already got section headings in black-colored text--I'd like all new text that I type anywhere on the page to be dark red. Changing the color in Font settings, or using the drop down on the toolbar, only changes the color at the cursor position. As soon as the cursor is moved, it's back to the Automatic color. I don't really want to change Automatic, since I'll just have to change it again for the next document I open. Is there a way to do this other than having to frequently change the color of Automatic or mess with third-party macros? |
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Text color for all new text
Why can't you simply assign the color to the paragraph style you're
using for the body text? (Modify Format Font) On Mar 21, 9:01*pm, MarcD wrote: On a document that's already got section headings in black-colored text--I'd like all new text that I type anywhere on the page to be dark red. Changing the color in Font settings, or using the drop down on the toolbar, only changes the color at the cursor position. As soon as the cursor is moved, it's back to the Automatic color. I don't really want to change Automatic, since I'll just have to change it again for the next document I open. Is there a way to do this other than having to frequently change the color of Automatic or mess with third-party macros? |
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Text color for all new text
Because that would change all the existing Body Text as well.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message ... Why can't you simply assign the color to the paragraph style you're using for the body text? (Modify Format Font) On Mar 21, 9:01 pm, MarcD wrote: On a document that's already got section headings in black-colored text--I'd like all new text that I type anywhere on the page to be dark red. Changing the color in Font settings, or using the drop down on the toolbar, only changes the color at the cursor position. As soon as the cursor is moved, it's back to the Automatic color. I don't really want to change Automatic, since I'll just have to change it again for the next document I open. Is there a way to do this other than having to frequently change the color of Automatic or mess with third-party macros? |
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Text color for all new text
Because that would change all the existing Body Text as well. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message ... Why can't you simply assign the color to the paragraph style you're using for the body text? (Modify Format Font) On Mar 21, 9:01 pm, MarcD wrote: On a document that's already got section headings in black-colored text--I'd like all new text that I type anywhere on the page to be dark red. Changing the color in Font settings, or using the drop down on the toolbar, only changes the color at the cursor position. As soon as the cursor is moved, it's back to the Automatic color. I don't really want to change Automatic, since I'll just have to change it again for the next document I open. Is there a way to do this other than having to frequently change the color of Automatic or mess with third-party macros? |
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Text color for all new text
It occurs to me that IF you intend to add only new paragraphs (which
is not how people usually work), you could define the new style and then modify the existing body text style to specify the new style as the "Style for following paragraph". However, any changes made within existing pragraphs would have the same color as the old text. -- 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 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:36:45 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Because that would change all the existing Body Text as well. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message ... Why can't you simply assign the color to the paragraph style you're using for the body text? (Modify Format Font) On Mar 21, 9:01 pm, MarcD wrote: On a document that's already got section headings in black-colored text--I'd like all new text that I type anywhere on the page to be dark red. Changing the color in Font settings, or using the drop down on the toolbar, only changes the color at the cursor position. As soon as the cursor is moved, it's back to the Automatic color. I don't really want to change Automatic, since I'll just have to change it again for the next document I open. Is there a way to do this other than having to frequently change the color of Automatic or mess with third-party macros? |
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Text color for all new text
It occurs to me that IF you intend to add only new paragraphs (which
is not how people usually work), you could define the new style and then modify the existing body text style to specify the new style as the "Style for following paragraph". However, any changes made within existing pragraphs would have the same color as the old text. -- 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 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:36:45 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Because that would change all the existing Body Text as well. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message ... Why can't you simply assign the color to the paragraph style you're using for the body text? (Modify Format Font) On Mar 21, 9:01 pm, MarcD wrote: On a document that's already got section headings in black-colored text--I'd like all new text that I type anywhere on the page to be dark red. Changing the color in Font settings, or using the drop down on the toolbar, only changes the color at the cursor position. As soon as the cursor is moved, it's back to the Automatic color. I don't really want to change Automatic, since I'll just have to change it again for the next document I open. Is there a way to do this other than having to frequently change the color of Automatic or mess with third-party macros? |
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