Microsoft KB Archive/64173

Printing White Text on Black Background with PostScript

PSS ID Number: Q64173 Article last modified on 03-07-1997

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 == Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 4.0 == 

= SUMMARY =

In Word, you can use PostScript to create inverted text (white text on a black background). When you use this technique, the text will not appear inverted on the screen, but it will be printed as inverted text when you print it on a PostScript printer.

Note that this method is not necessary in Word 5.0 and 5.1. To create inverted text in 5.0 and 5.1, choose Border from the Format menu, and use the Shading option. In 5.0 and 5.1 you can also achieve inverted text by choosing Picture from the Insert menu and choosing Border.

To color text that has already been typed in, do the following:

  Select the text that will print in white.   From the Format menu, choose Character. Under Color, select White. Choose OK.   Place the insertion point at the beginning of the text that will print in white. Enter the following PostScript commands: .para. wp$box fill   Select the above commands and apply the PostScript style to them by holding down the SHIFT key and choosing the PostScript style from the styles box on the ruler. 

To print the inverted text, from theed in columnchoose Print, make sure that the Print Hidden Text option is turned off, and print the document.

= MORE INFORMATION =

This technique does not work in Word 3.x because Word 3.x cannot apply color formats (such as white) to text.

For more information about PostScript, see pages 771-780 in the Word 5.0 or 5.1 for the Macintosh “User’s Guide” or see pages 284-288 of the “Reference to Microsoft Word” version 4.0 manual.

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