[Yves Dhondt]

For CRT monitors, it is indeed true that darker colors consume less power.
However for LCD monitors, the darker screen colors actually consume more
power than the lighter ones. I don't know which equipment you are using, but
considering that most computers bought in the last 7-8 years have LCD
screens, I doubt that your argument holds.

Yves

"frustratedMSuser" wrote in
message ...
Bully for you, Graham. But some people have light sensitivity issues. The
issue isn't only about environmental light reflecting off the monitor.
It's
about staring at the bright light for 8-plus hours a day. Furthermore, it
takes less electricity to power a darker screen.

The only work-around I've found for this in Word 2007 is to go under Page
Layout and select Page Background, and then click on Page Color and select
a
background "theme" color that you find comfortable. Ones in the darker
hues
will flip the text automatically to white. It doesn't change the color of
the
actual document, just what's on screen.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

While Bob has given you instructions on how to make suggestions to
Microsoft, a lot of people will need to make the same suggestion before
it
is put back.

If you have a decent monitor, properly setup, there is no glare at all.
I
can assure you that there is no glare on my Viewsonic VX912 and reading
text
on screen is very similar to reading it from paper. The white on blue
does
not help at all. However back in the days of WordStar and WordPerfect for
DOS, the monitors of the time were poor and the white on blue did help -
now
it just gets in the way of working. Sorry, but we are not going to agree
on
this.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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



Flash2007 wrote:
Dear Graham,

The difference between reading text on paper and reading text on a
monitor is huge! The first works on REFLECTED light, the second on
INCIDENT light. The first is therefore much easier to read, not
nearly so glary (unless the paper is glossy, and then, as you may
have noticed from old printed photographs, even the reflected page
becomes difficult to read).

Not sure why your survey disagrees so markedly from mine. I'm in
California, but I've even described this option (how to find it and
turn it on) to out-of-state friends, and the response is quite
positive. TELL ME THAT IT'S NOT EASIER ON YOUR EYES! If you try it,
it's undeniable.

As far as most people wanting to see what it's going to look like
when it's finished, it hardly takes a rocket scientist to figure that
one out; but just in case you can't, that's what PRINT PREVIEW is for.

Yes, I agree that Microsoft is unlikely to be watching this forum, and
that's the problem ... they seem to be quite out of touch with the
user community because they make it virtually IMPOSSIBLE for us to
reach up in their ivory towers. Now that I'm using the other 2007
Office programs, I can assure you of that! Word and PowerPoint are
much HARDER to use than their predecessors, IMHO. I'm sure that THEY
think they've improved things, but, now that I'm forced to use them,
I would disagree. The menus, for example in PowerPoint, are all over
the place. But that's another story for another day. Now, I'm
simply asking for them to give me back my WTBB. I will follow the
suggestion by CyberTaz (THANK YOU!) and send in my request, even
though it sounds like it is headed to the infamous bit bucket.

You don't expect your books and newspapers to have white text on
blue paper, so why your monitor? If you have a half decent monitor,
properly adjusted, it is no harder on the eyes than black text on
white paper.

I also have canvassed opinion and have not found anyone who either
uses it or finds it useful. Most people want to know how their
documents will look when finished. I fear you are going to be in a
much smaller minority than you imagine.

Microsoft is unlikely to be watching this forum, and I don't work
for them or have any idea how easy it would be to re-introduce the
feature.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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



Flash2007 wrote:
Dear Graham,

With all due respect, since when is making things easier to see not
appropriate for the 21st century? If you, or anyone else out there,
had tried the BBWT option, you would never have switched back.
THERE'S NO REASON TO USE BLACK-TEXT-ON-WHITE-BACKGROUND UNLESS YOU
LIKE TO MAKE THINGS HARD ON YOUR EYES! I'm guessing that MOST Word
users would have switched to it from the get-go if they only knew it
was there and knew how to turn it on. The sad fact is that most
Word users are incredibly uninformed about this and most other
software products that they use. I know for a fact that, when I
showed the option to other Word users, they ALL said, "wow, I
didn't know that was there! This is great!" So please don't help
Microsoft hide under their desks on this one. The irony of it may
yet be that most users, when they find out it "isn't available any
more," will just grin and bear it since they, like me, don't know
the first thing about sending off a complaint to anyone at
Microsoft that can really DO something about this. If you can tell
me how to reach them, I will at least register my own complaint and
request for putting this option back (it CAN'T be a hard thing to
do, if your a programmer!). Let's not make the 21st century WORSE
than the 20th.

Microsoft have removed it from Word 2007. It vwas a flashback to
the days of DOS, poor quality display screens and no WYSIWYG user
interface. Feedback was that few people used it, so it has gone -
time to move into the 21st century!.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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



Flash2007 wrote:
Suzanne,

You sound knowledgeable, a rare bird these days. Can you PLEASE
tell me exactly how to change Word 2007 to the old white text on a
nice deep blue background (I'm running Vista, if that means
anything)? I don't want to change to blue 'paper' for my other
Office applications, such as Outlook. I only want the
white-on-blue for Word, just like it used to be in Word 2004. I
read another user (MS person?) who said that Microsoft
intentionally removed this option for 2007, which if true, is
incredibly stupid since a lot of us loved it! So, please help me
to make my new, improved 2007 version of Word work almost as well
as my old 2004 version. PLEASE, and I thank you in advance for
your help!

Instead of adding a background in Word, why not change your
window color in Windows? On the Appearance tab of the Control
Panel | Display dialog, you can choose a new window color, which
will become the "paper" color in Word. I use RGB 255/255/225,
which is a restful ivory.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"DDS2209" wrote in message
...
I have very light sensitive eyes and when viewing my word
documents, or any other on screen documents, i HATE looking at a
bright white screen (the simulated paper or background). I
typically have to change the background to a light blue or
something easier on the eyes everytime i open a new document.

Can I make my colored background/paper my default for all word
documents?