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Is there a way to have the non-printing characters have a different color
than the normal text characters?
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On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:52:03 -0800, FClifton
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Is there a way to have the non-printing characters have a different color
than the normal text characters?


Only by applying direct formatting or a character style to them, one by one,
after they exist. There isn't any option to make them automatically have another
color. (Unless the other color was something like 50% gray, I'd think it would
be extremely hard to read.)

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Default Color non-printing characters?

Thanks for the reply! Yes, I find them quite distracting in the same color,
something like 50% grey I think would be helpful. I guess I'll never know!
('cause I'm not gonna change them all individually )

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On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:52:03 -0800, FClifton
wrote:

Is there a way to have the non-printing characters have a different color
than the normal text characters?


Only by applying direct formatting or a character style to them, one by one,
after they exist. There isn't any option to make them automatically have another
color. (Unless the other color was something like 50% gray, I'd think it would
be extremely hard to read.)

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Default Color non-printing characters?

You could always switch to a Mac, which does display them as grey.

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Thanks for the reply! Yes, I find them quite distracting in the same
color,
something like 50% grey I think would be helpful. I guess I'll never
know!
('cause I'm not gonna change them all individually )

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:52:03 -0800, FClifton
wrote:

Is there a way to have the non-printing characters have a different
color
than the normal text characters?


Only by applying direct formatting or a character style to them, one by
one,
after they exist. There isn't any option to make them automatically have
another
color. (Unless the other color was something like 50% gray, I'd think it
would
be extremely hard to read.)

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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so all may benefit.



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