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.

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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
    2013-10-01T18:45:13+00:00

    i need to do a strikethrough on a number 4

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-06-19T20:54:58+00:00

    Wholly concur.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-06-19T20:52:17+00:00

    Thank you for addressing this person.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-05-14T14:50:02+00:00

    Hello Greg,

    No criticism of you was implied in my message, and I am grateful for the two good workarounds you have explained. They will, am sure be useful for anyone reading this thread, and for which I also want to thank you.

    [EDIT:

    I am rather concerned that your workaround of using and anchoring a "Shape", may not in fact be appropriate. What will happen if the user changes the Font, and in particular what if they change the

    Font Size, for the affected paragraph or indeed the whole document? I anticipate that the "Shape" will

    no longer end at the intended position, leaving text either not struck through that was intended to be

    struck through, or alternatively leave text struck through which was never intended to be struck through.]

    I believe there is a market demand for colour option strikethrough to be provided.  Whether this may be provided is of course a matter for Microsoft. 

    Another thing that might be born in mind is that Microsoft Office is of course a product for which a charge is made, so I hope Microsoft will consider providing colour option strikethrough in future versions.

    Regards,

    Robert.

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