Altering highlight colour in Writer
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Altering highlight colour in Writer
I suspect this is going to be really embarrassing, but how do you change the highlight colour that highlights text in Writer? I've tried doing so via Tools/Options/Open Office.org/Appearance and then changing the colour in 'Reserved Expression' but with no effect whatsoever. At present the highlight colour is in black and it virtually blots out the relevant text. Regards, Gray
OOo 2.4.X on Ms Windows XP
Re: Altering highlight colour in Writer
Beside the highlight icon is a drop down menu where you select a new color.
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Re: Altering highlight colour in Writer
I think you're talking about text selected with the cursor (a mere selection, not a highlighting in fact). I don't think it can be changed.
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Re: Altering highlight colour in Writer
I think that the text selection highlight color is determined by the OS, but I don't know how to change it. In Windows Me, if I change the "Window" color setting, the background color of the page in Writer changes to that color and the highlight color also changes to a different color, but there isn't a separate setting for the highlight color that I can find.
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Re: Altering highlight colour in Writer
Perhaps it's worth an enhancement request: [Tutorial] Reporting bugs or suggestions.
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Highlighting of text problems in Writer (continued)
A clarification: when I refer to the 'highlighting' of text in Writer, I mean in the MS Word meaning of the term - that is, when you 'highlight' a piece of text with the idea of copying it, for example.
I reiterate: I can't figure out a way of changing the colour of the 'highlight' function (in MS Word' speak). I've no idea what it's called in Writer, which is part of the problem, I guess. At present it's a deep black and it all but blots out the text, making it very difficult to see properly. regards, Gray
I reiterate: I can't figure out a way of changing the colour of the 'highlight' function (in MS Word' speak). I've no idea what it's called in Writer, which is part of the problem, I guess. At present it's a deep black and it all but blots out the text, making it very difficult to see properly. regards, Gray
OOo 2.4.X on Ms Windows XP
Re: Highlighting of text problems in Writer (continued)
You may be referring to selection of text. I don't see the problem, since the text becomes white on black, rather than black on white in the selection. If you want green on purple, I doubt that's possible. It is a programmer's choice, so you might make a request, but I doubt it will change soon if at all.GrahamKnott wrote:A clarification: when I refer to the 'highlighting' of text in Writer, I mean in the MS Word meaning of the term - that is, when you 'highlight' a piece of text with the idea of copying it, for example.
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Re: Altering highlight colour in Writer
Why create a new thread? I've merged the 2 in this single topic.Highlighting of text problems in Writer (continued)
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Re: Altering highlight colour in Writer
There is no manual setting for the selection highlight color. It is automatic and depends on the background color and the operating system appearance settings. Are you using a gray font color instead of black? That will cause selected text to be black on black highlighting. In that case, try turning on the option: Tools > Options > Openoffice.org > accessibility > Use automatic font color for screen display.
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