Changing 'Highlight" color "Dave" <djbahb[ at ]dcwis.com> 12/23/2008 9:14:17 PM When I select the 'Highlight' icon, I find I only have 15 colors, none of which are really the primary colors. Is there some way to get more colors, such as what is available at the adjacent 'Font Color' option? Thx Dave Win XP SP2 Word (Office) 2003

Re: Changing 'Highlight" color "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 12/23/2008 9:55:10 PM No, but you can apply shading (24-bit color choices) to selected text. You can even save a specific shading color as a character style. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Dave" <djbahb[ at ]dcwis.com> wrote in message news:OYCEqNUZJHA.1336[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > When I select the 'Highlight' icon, I find I only have 15 colors, none of > which are really the primary colors. Is there some way to get more > colors, such as what is available at the adjacent 'Font Color' option? > > Thx > Dave > > Win XP SP2 Word (Office) 2003 > >

Re: Changing 'Highlight" color Jay Freedman <jay.freedman[ at ]verizon.net> 12/23/2008 11:40:52 PM And to make this simpler, download Greg Maxey's utility from http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Highlighter.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:55:10 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> wrote: [Quoted Text] >No, but you can apply shading (24-bit color choices) to selected text. You >can even save a specific shading color as a character style. > >-- >Suzanne S. Barnhill >Microsoft MVP (Word) >Words into Type >Fairhope, Alabama USA >http://word.mvps.org > >"Dave" <djbahb[ at ]dcwis.com> wrote in message >news:OYCEqNUZJHA.1336[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> When I select the 'Highlight' icon, I find I only have 15 colors, none of >> which are really the primary colors. Is there some way to get more >> colors, such as what is available at the adjacent 'Font Color' option? >> >> Thx >> Dave >> >> Win XP SP2 Word (Office) 2003 >> >> >

Re: Changing 'Highlight" color "Dave" <djbahb[ at ]dcwis.com> 12/24/2008 1:05:52 PM Well l l l l l l l l l l Thanks everybody, but I think I'll leave it as-is. It's interesting to note, though, that we have 40 colors in Excel. Oh well! Dave "Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman[ at ]verizon.net> wrote in message news:4nt2l459m11ehe3vtfmn0ud040876gvq2c[ at ]4ax.com... [Quoted Text] > And to make this simpler, download Greg Maxey's utility from > http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Highlighter.htm. > > -- > Regards, > Jay Freedman > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup > so all > may benefit. > > On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:55:10 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" > <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> > wrote: > >>No, but you can apply shading (24-bit color choices) to selected text. You >>can even save a specific shading color as a character style. >> >>-- >>Suzanne S. Barnhill >>Microsoft MVP (Word) >>Words into Type >>Fairhope, Alabama USA >>http://word.mvps.org >> >>"Dave" <djbahb[ at ]dcwis.com> wrote in message >>news:OYCEqNUZJHA.1336[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>> When I select the 'Highlight' icon, I find I only have 15 colors, none >>> of >>> which are really the primary colors. Is there some way to get more >>> colors, such as what is available at the adjacent 'Font Color' option? >>> >>> Thx >>> Dave >>> >>> Win XP SP2 Word (Office) 2003 >>> >>> >>

Re: Changing 'Highlight" color "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 12/24/2008 2:20:17 PM I don't see that Excel has any highlighter tool at all. It has cell shading, which is *limited* to 40 colors (as is the font color), as compared to the millions of colors available for shading in Word. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Dave" <djbahb[ at ]dcwis.com> wrote in message news:eQA3chcZJHA.4852[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Well l l l l l l l l l l > > Thanks everybody, but I think I'll leave it as-is. It's interesting to > note, though, that we have 40 colors in Excel. Oh well! > > Dave > > > "Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman[ at ]verizon.net> wrote in message > news:4nt2l459m11ehe3vtfmn0ud040876gvq2c[ at ]4ax.com... >> And to make this simpler, download Greg Maxey's utility from >> http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Highlighter.htm. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Jay Freedman >> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org >> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup >> so all >> may benefit. >> >> On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:55:10 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" >> <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> >> wrote: >> >>>No, but you can apply shading (24-bit color choices) to selected text. >>>You >>>can even save a specific shading color as a character style. >>> >>>-- >>>Suzanne S. Barnhill >>>Microsoft MVP (Word) >>>Words into Type >>>Fairhope, Alabama USA >>>http://word.mvps.org >>> >>>"Dave" <djbahb[ at ]dcwis.com> wrote in message >>>news:OYCEqNUZJHA.1336[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>>> When I select the 'Highlight' icon, I find I only have 15 colors, none >>>> of >>>> which are really the primary colors. Is there some way to get more >>>> colors, such as what is available at the adjacent 'Font Color' option? >>>> >>>> Thx >>>> Dave >>>> >>>> Win XP SP2 Word (Office) 2003 >>>> >>>> >>> > > >

Re: Changing 'Highlight" color "Dave" <djbahb[ at ]dcwis.com> 12/24/2008 5:16:50 PM Almost semantics - Excel calls it Fill Color, but whatever you call it, it provides a colored background for text, which was my objective. Only difference is each cell is rectangular by definition Dave. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> wrote in message news:uPSqHQdZJHA.1336[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] >I don't see that Excel has any highlighter tool at all. It has cell >shading, which is *limited* to 40 colors (as is the font color), as >compared to the millions of colors available for shading in Word. > > -- > Suzanne S. Barnhill > Microsoft MVP (Word) > Words into Type > Fairhope, Alabama USA > http://word.mvps.org > > "Dave" <djbahb[ at ]dcwis.com> wrote in message > news:eQA3chcZJHA.4852[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> Well l l l l l l l l l l >> >> Thanks everybody, but I think I'll leave it as-is. It's interesting to >> note, though, that we have 40 colors in Excel. Oh well! >> >> Dave >> >> >> "Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman[ at ]verizon.net> wrote in message >> news:4nt2l459m11ehe3vtfmn0ud040876gvq2c[ at ]4ax.com... >>> And to make this simpler, download Greg Maxey's utility from >>> http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Highlighter.htm. >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> Jay Freedman >>> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org >>> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the >>> newsgroup so all >>> may benefit. >>> >>> On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:55:10 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" >>> <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>>>No, but you can apply shading (24-bit color choices) to selected text. >>>>You >>>>can even save a specific shading color as a character style. >>>> >>>>-- >>>>Suzanne S. Barnhill >>>>Microsoft MVP (Word) >>>>Words into Type >>>>Fairhope, Alabama USA >>>>http://word.mvps.org >>>> >>>>"Dave" <djbahb[ at ]dcwis.com> wrote in message >>>>news:OYCEqNUZJHA.1336[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>>>> When I select the 'Highlight' icon, I find I only have 15 colors, none >>>>> of >>>>> which are really the primary colors. Is there some way to get more >>>>> colors, such as what is available at the adjacent 'Font Color' option? >>>>> >>>>> Thx >>>>> Dave >>>>> >>>>> Win XP SP2 Word (Office) 2003 >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >> >> >> > >

Re: Changing 'Highlight" color "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 12/24/2008 5:51:12 PM But the equivalent of Fill Color in Excel (as you can see from the paint can icon) is Shading (and Fill Color for AutoShapes) in Word, and this shading can be applied to selected text as well as to table cells and paragraphs. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Dave" <djbahb[ at ]dcwis.com> wrote in message news:OFKMoteZJHA.2084[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Almost semantics - > Excel calls it Fill Color, but whatever you call it, it provides a colored > background for text, which was my objective. Only difference is each cell > is rectangular by definition > > Dave. > > > > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> wrote in message > news:uPSqHQdZJHA.1336[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>I don't see that Excel has any highlighter tool at all. It has cell >>shading, which is *limited* to 40 colors (as is the font color), as >>compared to the millions of colors available for shading in Word. >> >> -- >> Suzanne S. Barnhill >> Microsoft MVP (Word) >> Words into Type >> Fairhope, Alabama USA >> http://word.mvps.org >> >> "Dave" <djbahb[ at ]dcwis.com> wrote in message >> news:eQA3chcZJHA.4852[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>> Well l l l l l l l l l l >>> >>> Thanks everybody, but I think I'll leave it as-is. It's interesting to >>> note, though, that we have 40 colors in Excel. Oh well! >>> >>> Dave >>> >>> >>> "Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman[ at ]verizon.net> wrote in message >>> news:4nt2l459m11ehe3vtfmn0ud040876gvq2c[ at ]4ax.com... >>>> And to make this simpler, download Greg Maxey's utility from >>>> http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Highlighter.htm. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Regards, >>>> Jay Freedman >>>> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org >>>> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the >>>> newsgroup so all >>>> may benefit. >>>> >>>> On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:55:10 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" >>>> <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>>No, but you can apply shading (24-bit color choices) to selected text. >>>>>You >>>>>can even save a specific shading color as a character style. >>>>> >>>>>-- >>>>>Suzanne S. Barnhill >>>>>Microsoft MVP (Word) >>>>>Words into Type >>>>>Fairhope, Alabama USA >>>>>http://word.mvps.org >>>>> >>>>>"Dave" <djbahb[ at ]dcwis.com> wrote in message >>>>>news:OYCEqNUZJHA.1336[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>>>>> When I select the 'Highlight' icon, I find I only have 15 colors, >>>>>> none of >>>>>> which are really the primary colors. Is there some way to get more >>>>>> colors, such as what is available at the adjacent 'Font Color' >>>>>> option? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thx >>>>>> Dave >>>>>> >>>>>> Win XP SP2 Word (Office) 2003 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > >

Re: Changing 'Highlight" color "Dave" <djbahb[ at ]dcwis.com> 12/27/2008 2:38:17 PM OK - thank you again Suzanne I'll work on it Appreciate the tip Dave "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> wrote in message news:uOK5nDfZJHA.256[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > But the equivalent of Fill Color in Excel (as you can see from the paint > can icon) is Shading (and Fill Color for AutoShapes) in Word, and this > shading can be applied to selected text as well as to table cells and > paragraphs. > > -- > Suzanne S. Barnhill > Microsoft MVP (Word) > Words into Type > Fairhope, Alabama USA > http://word.mvps.org > > "Dave" <djbahb[ at ]dcwis.com> wrote in message > news:OFKMoteZJHA.2084[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> Almost semantics - >> Excel calls it Fill Color, but whatever you call it, it provides a >> colored background for text, which was my objective. Only difference is >> each cell is rectangular by definition >> >> Dave. >> >> >> >> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> wrote in message >> news:uPSqHQdZJHA.1336[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>>I don't see that Excel has any highlighter tool at all. It has cell >>>shading, which is *limited* to 40 colors (as is the font color), as >>>compared to the millions of colors available for shading in Word. >>> >>> -- >>> Suzanne S. Barnhill >>> Microsoft MVP (Word) >>> Words into Type >>> Fairhope, Alabama USA >>> http://word.mvps.org >>> >>> "Dave" <djbahb[ at ]dcwis.com> wrote in message >>> news:eQA3chcZJHA.4852[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>>> Well l l l l l l l l l l >>>> >>>> Thanks everybody, but I think I'll leave it as-is. It's interesting to >>>> note, though, that we have 40 colors in Excel. Oh well! >>>> >>>> Dave >>>> >>>> >>>> "Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman[ at ]verizon.net> wrote in message >>>> news:4nt2l459m11ehe3vtfmn0ud040876gvq2c[ at ]4ax.com... >>>>> And to make this simpler, download Greg Maxey's utility from >>>>> http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Highlighter.htm. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Jay Freedman >>>>> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org >>>>> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the >>>>> newsgroup so all >>>>> may benefit. >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:55:10 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" >>>>> <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>No, but you can apply shading (24-bit color choices) to selected text. >>>>>>You >>>>>>can even save a specific shading color as a character style. >>>>>> >>>>>>-- >>>>>>Suzanne S. Barnhill >>>>>>Microsoft MVP (Word) >>>>>>Words into Type >>>>>>Fairhope, Alabama USA >>>>>>http://word.mvps.org >>>>>> >>>>>>"Dave" <djbahb[ at ]dcwis.com> wrote in message >>>>>>news:OYCEqNUZJHA.1336[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>>>>>> When I select the 'Highlight' icon, I find I only have 15 colors, >>>>>>> none of >>>>>>> which are really the primary colors. Is there some way to get more >>>>>>> colors, such as what is available at the adjacent 'Font Color' >>>>>>> option? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thx >>>>>>> Dave >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Win XP SP2 Word (Office) 2003 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > >