[Karen]

How do I change the automatic font color in Word 2003.
It is currently blue and I want the default to be black.

[Wiley]

Hi Karen,

Try this link:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2015058,00.asp



"karen" wrote:

How do I change the automatic font color in Word 2003.
It is currently blue and I want the default to be black.

[Carol]

Or, if your default font is truly set to blue, you can do the following to
set it to black.

Format | Font | and make your selection under Font color.
--
Carol A. Bratt, MCP



"karen" wrote:

How do I change the automatic font color in Word 2003.
It is currently blue and I want the default to be black.

[Karen]

Carol, now when I bring up a document and start to type it is correctly black.
However there are two aberrations now that I didn't have before
The area for the header does not show (i am in print layout) and the font
key on hte toolbar still shows blue as being the automatic colour.

"karen" wrote:

How do I change the automatic font color in Word 2003.
It is currently blue and I want the default to be black.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

For the first problem, see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/WhiteSpace.htm

As for the second, you mean that, when you click the arrow at the side of
the Font Color button to display the font color palette, the square at the
top labeled Automatic is blue? I've never seen such a thing. Does the Font
dialog show the same thing? The purpose of the Automatic selection is
basically to be black by default and automatically switch to white if you
use a dark background (shading).

--
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.

"karen" wrote in message
...
Carol, now when I bring up a document and start to type it is correctly
black.
However there are two aberrations now that I didn't have before
The area for the header does not show (i am in print layout) and the font
key on hte toolbar still shows blue as being the automatic colour.

"karen" wrote:

How do I change the automatic font color in Word 2003.
It is currently blue and I want the default to be black.

[Carol]

I think the link that Wiley posted will explain that. I think it was
recently discussed in PC Magazine regarding the use of themes.
--
Carol A. Bratt, MCP



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

For the first problem, see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/WhiteSpace.htm

As for the second, you mean that, when you click the arrow at the side of
the Font Color button to display the font color palette, the square at the
top labeled Automatic is blue? I've never seen such a thing. Does the Font
dialog show the same thing? The purpose of the Automatic selection is
basically to be black by default and automatically switch to white if you
use a dark background (shading).

--
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.

"karen" wrote in message
...
Carol, now when I bring up a document and start to type it is correctly
black.
However there are two aberrations now that I didn't have before
The area for the header does not show (i am in print layout) and the font
key on hte toolbar still shows blue as being the automatic colour.

"karen" wrote:

How do I change the automatic font color in Word 2003.
It is currently blue and I want the default to be black.

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Suzanne,

To add a bit to Carol's reply, in the term of Windows color schemes 'automatic' is seen as a 'color'.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/140752/en-us?FR=1
If just the 'windows text' appearance color setting is changed (i.e. not a whole theme) then the color of text you see in Word
dialog text also changes, as does, for example the text color you type in for plain text in Outlook Express.

What you mentioned is also correct, that Word 'watches' for dark on dark or light on light and uses the 'automatic' setting to try
to create inverted selections automatically, although it doesn't always guess right, and then you get the 'vanishing text' issues
such as this one
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825770/en-us?FR=1

Then again folks can still format text to match or 'hide' in a similarly colored page background.

Word's 'white text - blue background' option can really confuse things, as it too 'sets' the automatic color to white (but only in
Word) and overrides the Windows setting. For folks who think that this Word Option setting goes along with the document when they
send it to someone else, there are often some surprises there toog.


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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ...
For the first problem, see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/WhiteSpace.htm

As for the second, you mean that, when you click the arrow at the side of
the Font Color button to display the font color palette, the square at the
top labeled Automatic is blue? I've never seen such a thing. Does the Font
dialog show the same thing? The purpose of the Automatic selection is
basically to be black by default and automatically switch to white if you
use a dark background (shading).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)

--
Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

[Carol]

Thanks for the clarification Bob. Love your quote! It's so very true.
There is very little civility in this world anymore...so refreshing to see
someone promote it.
--
Carol A. Bratt, MCP



"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:

Hi Suzanne,

To add a bit to Carol's reply, in the term of Windows color schemes 'automatic' is seen as a 'color'.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/140752/en-us?FR=1
If just the 'windows text' appearance color setting is changed (i.e. not a whole theme) then the color of text you see in Word
dialog text also changes, as does, for example the text color you type in for plain text in Outlook Express.

What you mentioned is also correct, that Word 'watches' for dark on dark or light on light and uses the 'automatic' setting to try
to create inverted selections automatically, although it doesn't always guess right, and then you get the 'vanishing text' issues
such as this one
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825770/en-us?FR=1

Then again folks can still format text to match or 'hide' in a similarly colored page background.

Word's 'white text - blue background' option can really confuse things, as it too 'sets' the automatic color to white (but only in
Word) and overrides the Windows setting. For folks who think that this Word Option setting goes along with the document when they
send it to someone else, there are often some surprises there toog.


===========
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ...
For the first problem, see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/WhiteSpace.htm

As for the second, you mean that, when you click the arrow at the side of
the Font Color button to display the font color palette, the square at the
top labeled Automatic is blue? I've never seen such a thing. Does the Font
dialog show the same thing? The purpose of the Automatic selection is
basically to be black by default and automatically switch to white if you
use a dark background (shading).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)

--
Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*