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Blue Screen / White Text autoformatting
It seems to me that Microsoft's software developers for Word don't test their
products with the blue screen/white text option on. I have discovered that the blue screen/white text option reduces eye strain and I use it exclusively. However, when there's any kind of light-colored shading or text bubbles (like in redlining), the text is still white, making it impossible to see. I think that it shouldn't be that difficult to have the text convert back to black where there is a light-colored background. I would recommend it for future product lines. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ocmanagemen t |
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Blue Screen / White Text autoformatting
FWIW, I believe I heard that "Blue background, white text" is so little used
that it will be omitted from Word 2007. Another reason why users should agree to submitting CEIP data to MS: if you use features like this and don't want MS to think nobody uses them, you'd better let them know! -- 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. "TxLawyerinDallas" wrote in message ... It seems to me that Microsoft's software developers for Word don't test their products with the blue screen/white text option on. I have discovered that the blue screen/white text option reduces eye strain and I use it exclusively. However, when there's any kind of light-colored shading or text bubbles (like in redlining), the text is still white, making it impossible to see. I think that it shouldn't be that difficult to have the text convert back to black where there is a light-colored background. I would recommend it for future product lines. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ocmanagemen t |
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Blue Screen / White Text autoformatting
You can also change the color of the "paper" in Word. In Control Panel |
Display | Appearance, choose an appropriate pastel color for the Window. I have mine set to an attractive ivory (RGB 255, 255, 225). -- 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. "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]" wrote in message ... Yep: I would be surprised if anyone has tested that feature in the past 20 years :-) As Suzanne says, they're about to drop it. It's a hangover from the old MS DOS product. If you're getting eye-strain, have you checked your screen refresh rate? On a flat panel screen, there is no point in adjusting the refresh rate, because flat panels don't flicker. But CRT monitors do: Right-click your desktop, go to PropertiesSettings and turn your refresh rate as high as you can get it (above 70 Hz). It has a dramatic effect on eye-strain... Oh, and turn your Contrast down a bit... Adjust your monitor's Brightness so that the blackest black just begins to go milky, then adjust your Contrast so the whitest white doesn't make you squint. Again: it has a dramatic effect on eye-strain. Ummm... And if you're as old as me, it may be time to visit the Optometrist. I use different reading glasses for on-screen work :-) Cheers On 29/4/06 2:46 AM, in article , "TxLawyerinDallas" wrote: It seems to me that Microsoft's software developers for Word don't test their products with the blue screen/white text option on. I have discovered that the blue screen/white text option reduces eye strain and I use it exclusively. However, when there's any kind of light-colored shading or text bubbles (like in redlining), the text is still white, making it impossible to see. I think that it shouldn't be that difficult to have the text convert back to black where there is a light-colored background. I would recommend it for future product lines. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...=7ae0c6a3-108b -43cc-8c1f-75f8e2931336&dg=microsoft.public.word.docmanagemen t -- Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 |
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