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. Paul Edstein 82,871 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2017-01-02T19:53:22+00:00

    I have no idea why it's not working for you.

    You might try repairing the Office installation (via Windows Control Panel > Programs > Programs & Features > Microsoft Office (version) > Change > Repair). You might also try replacing Chr(151) with Chr(150) - an en-dash - or with "-" - an ordinary hyphen.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-01-02T09:52:25+00:00

    Dear Paul,

    Followed verbatim: I ended up with the same result as described before; meaning it strikes text with small o's with acute. I am truly upset that this inquiry has taken so much of your time. I have no word to express my deepest gratitude.

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  3. Paul Edstein 82,871 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2017-01-02T07:27:42+00:00

    No, I'm using a std US-style keyboard with Word configured for English (AUS). Regardless, whatever keyboard one uses has no effect on the result. In your case, it could be that the font you're using is an old proprietary one that assigns ASCII characters above 127 to something other than the std high-ASCII character set. The character that's supposed to appear in the text is just an ordinary em-dash. Try inserting:

        .Font.Name = "Times New Roman"

    before:

        .Font.Bold = True

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-01-02T05:37:30+00:00

    Hi Paul,

    It could delete and reuse your amended macro. Thank you, but I think now I know why it doesn't  strike through, or rather it does so with a red 'ó'. I surmise that you are using a  foreign keyboard that causes this.

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