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

Anonymous
2010-10-06T19:10:44+00:00

Hello,

I have Word 2007. I want to achieve red Strikethrough upon normal black text.

I would be grateful to know how to do this, or if, as I suspect, it is not possible, then I would also be interested to know why Microsoft has not provided this quite obviously needed function.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,

Robert.

Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For home | Windows

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Anonymous
2010-11-30T09:36:24+00:00

Crossing something out electronically is a nonsense; period. That the facility is even made available is a questionable use of resources. If you really want to strikethrough in a colour other than the text colour, you must use fields (see http://wordfaqs.mvps.org/Overbar.htm) to overlay your text with struckthrough spaces, and format the spaces in whatever colour you want.

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-11-22T00:26:58+00:00

    One reason for wanting to use strikethrough in a different color from the text is for teaching purposes. No, it is not a waste or resources as Tony mentioned. When teaching people about editing, it would be great to be able to show them a redacted copy and to use different strikethrough colors in showing various kinds of redactions. I have not been able to figure out an easy way to do it myself and usually export it as a PDF, redact it in a PDF editor, then use the PDF to teach with.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-08-27T03:12:46+00:00

    Correction:  it's should have been its.  Now THAT I get!

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-08-27T03:11:46+00:00

    I am stunned that so many respondents here feel that a colored strikethrough is frivolous, or for a limited market and not worth it.  Because of it's day to day use in legal documents, it is also a common practice in business in general.  "Blue lining" and "Red lining" are the common methods of using strikethroughs in business documents.  Basic stuff.  Why would Microsoft include a strikethrough feature without addressing the color?  I doubt that they did.   I'm going to keep searching for a more current conversation, because I'm sure Microsoft has resolved this by now. 

    Just had to comment, since I was so stunned by the statements.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-01-05T03:08:09+00:00

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    In the law (in the U.K.) a first amendment of a court pleading is carried out in red, with red overstrike for deleted text and red underline (underscore) for new inserted text. This is because you are not permitted to actually remove text from a pleading once submitted to the court and served on the other party.

    If the pleading later requires subsequent additional amendment, this is then termed a "Re-amendment" and then the colour goes to green. 

    (If I recall correctly, I believe the next amendment is termed a "re-re-amendment" and goes to purple.)

     

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