Possibly you have Track Changes enabled?

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"Tom" wrote in message
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When I type text color is blue. I've changed the font color and saved over
the normal.dot file. Still the text is blue when i open a new blank
document.
Searched through the preferences, can't find a thing. I've also clicked on
the default button in fonts window after changing to automatic black.
Nothing
worked. How do I set the defualt font color to black?