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On Thursday May 4 2006 01:28 pm, Clive Sinoff wrote:
> I am using Windows XP Home Edition. I have tried using the Format
> Character command without success. The highlighting seems to work but
> that was not what I intended. Strangely, the font shows in the changed
> color in the command box.
>
> Clive
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: G. Roderick Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: Clive Sinoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2006 9:08:26 AM
> Subject: Re: [users] Font color display
>
> On Wed, 2006-05-03 at 15:33 -0700, Clive Sinoff wrote:
> > I am using Open Office 2.0.2 and have the following problem. When I
> > highlight font and try to change the color (through the format menu or
> > the toolbar) the color shows appropriately in the command window but
> > no change shows in the document display. Any recommendations?
> >
> > Thank you.
>
> Which OS do you use? While OOo is cross-platform, some problems are OS
> specific. As to the colour change, I think that highlighting the text
> you want in the new colour might be what you want rather than the font
> name. There are also a number of other ways to get your text to be
> different from the surrounding text and that is by using Character
> styles via the Styles and Formatting toolbar. Using Styles is described
> quite well in
> http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/OOo2.x/user_guide2_draft.pdf
I am confused. Which part of OOo are you using? (Writer, Calc, etc.)
When you mentioned a command window, it seems to point to Calc.
What did you change after Format > Character? Under the Font Effects
tab, changing the Font color should change the font color.
Dan
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