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Why background colour menu items are greyd-out?
In Word 2003 I find the 'background color' and 'line color' drop-down menus
greyed out, on a document shared by others (but which I can edit) - this means that I cannot remove highlighting before moving the document on to an outside user. How do I get that functionality back? |
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Why background colour menu items are greyd-out?
Where are you seeing these dropdown menus?
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "pegasus" wrote in message ... In Word 2003 I find the 'background color' and 'line color' drop-down menus greyed out, on a document shared by others (but which I can edit) - this means that I cannot remove highlighting before moving the document on to an outside user. How do I get that functionality back? |
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Why background colour menu items are greyd-out?
On the drawing menu bar of Word 2003
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Where are you seeing these dropdown menus? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "pegasus" wrote in message ... In Word 2003 I find the 'background color' and 'line color' drop-down menus greyed out, on a document shared by others (but which I can edit) - this means that I cannot remove highlighting before moving the document on to an outside user. How do I get that functionality back? |
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Why background colour menu items are greyd-out?
If highlighting has been applied using the Highlighter or Format | Borders
and Shading (or using Track Changes), then the Fill and Outline colors will not apply. The buttons on the drawing toolbar apply only to AutoShapes (including text boxes), not to tables or ordinary text. You may be confusing them with the Shading and Border buttons on the Tables and Borders toolbar, which use the same icons. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "pegasus" wrote in message ... On the drawing menu bar of Word 2003 "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Where are you seeing these dropdown menus? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "pegasus" wrote in message ... In Word 2003 I find the 'background color' and 'line color' drop-down menus greyed out, on a document shared by others (but which I can edit) - this means that I cannot remove highlighting before moving the document on to an outside user. How do I get that functionality back? |
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Why background colour menu items are greyd-out?
Thanks for that, Suzanne - it would be quite a good idea for MSoft to have
just one way of highlighting stuff in files, I think :-) A very Happy New Year to you! Tom Wilson "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Where are you seeing these dropdown menus? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "pegasus" wrote in message ... In Word 2003 I find the 'background color' and 'line color' drop-down menus greyed out, on a document shared by others (but which I can edit) - this means that I cannot remove highlighting before moving the document on to an outside user. How do I get that functionality back? |
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Why background colour menu items are greyd-out?
Text and drawing objects are entirely different animals, and the Highlighter
is quite different from either. Text shading provides a useful alternative to the Highlighter, whose limited palette includes so few usable colors. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "pegasus" wrote in message ... Thanks for that, Suzanne - it would be quite a good idea for MSoft to have just one way of highlighting stuff in files, I think :-) A very Happy New Year to you! Tom Wilson "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Where are you seeing these dropdown menus? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "pegasus" wrote in message ... In Word 2003 I find the 'background color' and 'line color' drop-down menus greyed out, on a document shared by others (but which I can edit) - this means that I cannot remove highlighting before moving the document on to an outside user. How do I get that functionality back? |
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