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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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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)
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
I see you have several Microsoft certifications but can't figure out this extremely simple task. This is not your fault. I've been an MCSE for 15 years and I find all of the Microsoft user interfaces have become more cryptic and unusable with each release. Oh yeah, great new features, I just can't figure out with my MCSE certification how to change the background color of text in MS Word.
Microsoft' product evolution has seen visual cues become ever more nuanced and difficult to discern. Common functions one easily available are now buried in "categories" which only MS engineers understand. Menus have disappeared, and the user is left to stare blankly at their screen when they want to do perform even the most simple task.
It seems in their quest to become sleek, hip, and cool, Microsoft has rendered most of their products virtually unusable by the vast majority of their user base. It's a struggle to figure out how to do the simplest of tasks in every product MS puts out today.
The fact that this very thread exists is testament to the failure of Microsoft to evolve a truly "user-friendly" interface.
I had the same problem and found that the posted solutions did not work for me either. The issue is that the text is formatted as a style. To undo this formatting:
You are a genius!
I tried everything and wasted about an hour til i remembered to duh! Google and up pops your answer. Worked perfectly...and I am no longer Blue! 8-)
Thanks for taking the time to save us neos agony.
Tony