Thanks for your reply. The content of the <style> tag now reads like:
body {background-color:#4169E1;}
body {color:#FFFFFF;}
body {font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif;}
Which produces the correct styling. What I had in mind was:
body {background-color:#4169E1;color:#FFFFFF;font-
family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif;}
but I'll figure that out on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
Kind regards,
Annet.

