24-bit color for fonts, borders, and shading was introduced in Word 2000.

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"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message
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You can't. What you see is what you get with Word 97. Color choices are
greatly expanded in later versions of Word (I forget whether they expanded
in Word 2000 or 2002, but I have the extra choices in Word 2002 and 2003).

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"billiT" wrote in message
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Hi all, Does anyone know how to how do I add/change font color choices
in
Word97 ?