Ahem! Now, I must explain that I have been a user of Word ever since ver.
97, so why didn't I think of something so stupidly obvious? I am over 60,
and it is the end of the year, but (flushing bright pink and gazing at the
ceiling) I still can't understand it. Thank you for answering nicely and not
telling me how silly I am not to have thought of it myself.

Peter.

"JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Why not create a template?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"Peter in New Zealand" peterbalplugATxtraSPOTcoSPOTnz wrote in message
...
Every year I send out a Christmas newsletter to quite a lot of children
(grownup now, and grand children. I have established this as a family
tradition over several years, and they all seem to enjoy their Christmas
letter from Grandad. I use Word to compose it, with text and pictures,
and
it's always been a heap of fun. Each sub heading has always been
prepared
with alternative red and green letters, and looks real great in that
context. It's just for the kids, and only once a year, but something to
do
it automatically would be a great labour saver to say the least.
--
Peter in New Zealand. (Pull the plug out to reply.)
Collector of old cameras, tropical fish fancier, good coffee nutter, and
compulsive computer fiddler.

JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message
...
I think a lot depends on the target audience and the purpose of the
document. A letter from Santa would be one of the few instances when
something like this is acceptable. (To be honest - I can't really think
of
another use but I don't usually produce documents where multi-colored
fonts
would be appreciated. They just don't seem to have a place in a medical
practice.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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I have been biting my tongue through this entire thread. I think the
idea
of
random colors for text (if by random we're talking about alternating
between
letters) is a *terrible* idea that should have been nipped in the
bud!

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
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Am I missing something here - if the aim of this was as originally
described
"I am writing some Santa letters to some kids
in a playful font and I would like to print them in color" then
what's
the
point of the extra sophistication? Any of the suggestions posted
would
do
the job. Macros are there to help you work, not to spend more time
on
them
than the original job they replace.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


LurfysMa wrote:
On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 16:08:20 +0200, "Graham Mayor"

wrote:

Another possibility is the inverse of Jay's code

Sub RandomColors()
Dim oCh As Range
Dim myColor As Word.WdColorIndex
Randomize
For Each oCh In Selection.Characters
Do
myColor = 14 * Rnd() + 1
Loop Until (myColor = wdBlue) Or (myColor = wdRed) Or
(myColor = wdGreen)
oCh.Font.ColorIndex = myColor
Next oCh
End Sub

I was thinking of defining an array to hold the desired list of
colors. I'll have to figure out what the numbers are for red and
green
(for Christmas letters). Then I could either select them randomly
or
cycle through them.

I'll play with these variations.

Thanks