[gordo]

Is there a way to change the font color button in the font group to black as
the default, permanently. I cannot find anything. Perhaps there is a
registry value. There does not seem to be a way to change the normal.dotm
file.

Thanks,

Gordo

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

Assuming that you are using Word 2007 or later, do the following: Press
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S to display the Styles pane. Click the Manage Styles icon.
On the Set Defaults tab, make the desired changes. Select "New documents
based on this template," and then click OK.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP




"gordo" wrote in message ...

Is there a way to change the font color button in the font group to black
as the default, permanently. I cannot find anything. Perhaps there is a
registry value. There does not seem to be a way to change the normal.dotm
file.

Thanks,

Gordo

[gordo]

Thanks Stefan, but I guess I was not quite clear. I would like to change the
Font Color button, in the Font Group. It is the upper case A, underlined in
red with the drop down arrow. I believe that your suggestion applies to the
default font color for text that you type.

And yes, I did forget to state which version of Word, it is 2010.

Thanks,

Gordo

"Stefan Blom" wrote in message ...

Assuming that you are using Word 2007 or later, do the following: Press
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S to display the Styles pane. Click the Manage Styles icon.
On the Set Defaults tab, make the desired changes. Select "New documents
based on this template," and then click OK.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP




"gordo" wrote in message ...

Is there a way to change the font color button in the font group to black
as the default, permanently. I cannot find anything. Perhaps there is a
registry value. There does not seem to be a way to change the normal.dotm
file.

Thanks,

Gordo

[Peter T. Daniels]

The underline of the Font Color button shows whichever color you most
recently applied (and defaults to red when you reopen the file).

On Feb 8, 9:33*am, "gordo" wrote:
Thanks Stefan, but I guess I was not quite clear. I would like to change the
Font Color button, in the Font Group. It is the upper case A, underlined in
red with the drop down arrow. I believe that your suggestion applies to the
default font color for text that you type.

And yes, I did forget to state which version of Word, it is 2010.

Thanks,

Gordo

"Stefan Blom" *wrote in ...

Assuming that you are using Word 2007 or later, do the following: Press
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S to display the Styles pane. Click the Manage Styles icon..
On the Set Defaults tab, make the desired changes. Select "New documents
based on this template," and then click OK.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

"gordo" *wrote in ...

Is there a way to change the font color button in the font group to black
as the default, permanently. I cannot find anything. Perhaps there is a
registry value. There does not seem to be a way to change the normal.dotm
file.

Thanks,

Gordo

[gordo]

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message
...

The underline of the Font Color button shows whichever color you most
recently applied (and defaults to red when you reopen the file).


Yes, I realize that. I want to change the default to black so that when I
open Word, it shows black instead of red.

Gordo

On Feb 8, 9:33 am, "gordo" wrote:
Thanks Stefan, but I guess I was not quite clear. I would like to change
the
Font Color button, in the Font Group. It is the upper case A, underlined
in
red with the drop down arrow. I believe that your suggestion applies to
the
default font color for text that you type.

And yes, I did forget to state which version of Word, it is 2010.

Thanks,

Gordo

"Stefan Blom" wrote in ...

Assuming that you are using Word 2007 or later, do the following: Press
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S to display the Styles pane. Click the Manage Styles icon.
On the Set Defaults tab, make the desired changes. Select "New documents
based on this template," and then click OK.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

"gordo" wrote in ...

Is there a way to change the font color button in the font group to
black
as the default, permanently. I cannot find anything. Perhaps there is a
registry value. There does not seem to be a way to change the
normal.dotm
file.

Thanks,

Gordo

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

"gordo" wrote in message ...

I want to change the default to black so that when I open Word, it shows
black instead of red.

There is a "Font color" choice on the Set Defaults tab of the Manage Styles
dialog box. Did you try it? You'll need to select "New documents based on
this template" to save the option to the attached template (which for blank
documents is Normal.dotm). I'm assuming that you are using Word 2007 or
2010.

What you can't do, however, is change the default color that *Word* applies
if you click the Font Color button on the Home tab.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP