How do I change the color of Strikethrough without changing the color of the text?

It makes no sense to me that a PDF file would be needed for something because Microsoft Word can't do it.  It's 2016, and this color strike-through issue is common business practice and certainly required for legal documents.  I had my own accounting business when I first posted this question.  I have since returned to my earlier career in health care finance in a leadership position, and it still presents a challenge when editing policies and other official documents.  

I understand that this issue should be presented to Microsoft.  I thought this forum would accomplish that, but I was obviously naive and wrong about that. I really appreciate all the people who have posted their shared need for this feature.  I am disappointed by the people who felt the need to argue that it is silly or needless, and I don't understand what they intended to accomplish by taking that position.

I look forward to more dialogue on this, and to Microsoft's resolution in an update.  It seems like a simple thing in the context of the major advancements in technology.

I came across this response while trying to do a powerpoint presentation in which I want to cross out a word to make it explicit that changing (and therefore the specific phrasing used) in this context has changed. There's plenty of reasons why a person would want to use it. This kind of idiotic egocentric thinking doesn't help the community, and is part of the reason why IT people get such a bad rap. Remember, just because you (think you) are good at computers, there's no reason to be condescending towards people who aren't - they are probably good at things you aren't, and have services you'll need and you don't want them to be condescending towards you. I know you're probably not around anymore... but I figure I'd put this out for the good of the community.

"Crossing something out electronically is a nonsense; period. That the facility is even made available is a questionable use of resources."

The wording of the rules does assume legal training.

Which I have.

Regardless, and FWIW, if you save a document as a PDF, you can use Acrobat's text deletion tool to strike out deleted content with a red strike-through.

Hello Paul Edstein,

The original text of a pleading must be in black.

When you want to amend a pleading, where the court (I'm talking about the law of England and Wales in the U.K.) requires the old and new text to be seen together, the original deleted text must be shown (in black) [no need for the rule to say the original is in black because we know this] with red strikethrough, and the new text in red.

If you go to a further amendment, this is termed Re-Amendment:

If you are amending the amendment, then any deleted amended text must be shown (as it was) in red with green strikethrough, and any new text in green.

If you go to a further (third) amendment, this is termed a Re-re-amendment:

If you are amending the re-amendment, then any deleted re-amended text must be shown in green (as it was) with purple strikethrough, and any new text in purple.

I hope that I have now explained that for any deleted text by formal amendment, the previous colour STAYS and the strikethrough is shown in the required amendment colour.

I hope that I have now explained that the original text is always in black and the first amendment strikethrough must be in red.

The wording of the rules does assume legal training.

I hope this helps.

Regards,

Ray333