how do I get rid of this blue background in the text?

Anonymous
2011-08-20T13:29:03+00:00

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I was given a file to update and modify by a partner in a project. it contains several instances of this word having a blue highlight in the background. I don't want to waste ink in my own color printer, and the final version of this is going to be printed on a black & white laser printer.

How do I get rid of the blue background in word 2007? The "text highlight color" control will override it with any color but white, which isn't shown. Choosing "no highlight" has no effect. The "font color" changes the text from black to some other color, but has no effect on the blue.

How do I get rid of the blue?

==Edit, posted 5 minutes later=

Nevermind, I just deleted the stupid text and retyped it. I'd still like to know how it was done however.

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HansV 462.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2011-08-20T14:42:46+00:00

It looks like text shading - you can change it in the Borders and Shading dialog (click the Borders dropdown in the Paragraph group of the Home tab of the ribbon, and select the last option: Borders and Shading; then activate the Shading tab)

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Anonymous
2011-08-20T14:42:42+00:00

Hi

One thing you don't mention is shading.  Shading can be applied to text characters not just whole paragraphs, depending on what is selected when it is applied.

Shading is the button with the paint pot in the Paragraph group of controls, on the Home tab.

If you ever have problems like this again try using Reveal Formatting to show you what effects are applied to your text.  Just put your cursor in the text and press Shift + F1 and the panel will display all the aplied settings.

Hope this helps

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-03-26T17:29:03+00:00

    None of this helped me. I had copied some text that was saved on a HTML page. (I had lost my old document.) So I've been trying to take the HTML version and put it back into a word 2007 .doc. When I paste it has an automatic highlight to it that will not delete.  I have tried to white it out with the instructions given here, but it doesn't change anything. This is a novel I had written and I really don't want to re write the ENTIRE thing!  It's just way to big!  How do I fix this problem?  Do I have to suck it up and rewrite it anyway?

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  2. Suzanne S Barnhill 279.5K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2013-03-27T01:33:17+00:00

    Please reply to the original poster, not to those who are replying.

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  3. Suzanne S Barnhill 279.5K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2013-03-26T21:33:31+00:00

    You have established that shading has not been applied to either the paragraph or the selected text? What is the URL of the page you copied it from?

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