[JERRY]

First, click on the ¶ button on your toolbar to show the non-printing
characters.
Then select only the word itself and NOT the ¶ character at the end of the
line. It often helps if there's a space after the word, but it isn't
necessary.
Then change the font color.

If Word is stubborn and insists on coloring the number anyway, select the ¶
character at the end of the line and turn it back to black. Then tell your
computer to behave itself, and you can get back to work.

Jerry

"Jugglertwo" wrote:

Using Word 2003. I have number lists with a word like:
1. bread
2. butter
3. meat
4. candy
When I color the word, the number is colored along with this. I can select
undo and correct it but that is a pain.
Is there some setting that will allow me to just pick the word, change its
color, and not have the preceding number pick up the color?
Thanks for any assistance with this item!
Jugglertwo