Microsoft KB Archive/22959

Getting Background, Menu, and Text Colors

PSS ID Number: Q22959 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

3.x 4.00 5.00 5.50 6.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

If your computer has an IBM enhanced graphics adapter with 256K of memory or a compatible graphics board, you can obtain a window background color and color for the message and status lines by doing the following:

Word versions 5.5, 6.0

 * 1) Select View Preferences (Alt+V,E), Colors (C), Things to Color (AltT).
 * 2) Select the item that you want to color.
 * 3) Select the letter of the color desired from the list shown and press ENTER.

Word version 5.0

 * 1) Choose Options.
 * 2) Select the “color:” field.
 * 3) Press F1 for a list of available colors.
 * 4) Select the color you want and press ENTER.

Colors are available for the window background and border or the text colors of the window, menus, menu options, and status line.

Word version 4.0
To select the background color, do the following:


 * 1) Choose Window Options.
 * 2) Highlight the “background color:” field.
 * 3) Press F1 for a list of available colors.

To select the menu color, do the following:


 * 1) Choose Options.
 * 2) Highlight the “menu color:” field.
 * 3) Press F1 for a list of available colors.
 * 4) Select the menu color you want from and press ENTER.

Word versions 3.x

 * 1) Select Window Options.
 * 2) Highlight the background color field.
 * 3) Press F1 for a list of available colors.
 * 4) Select the background color you want and press ENTER.

Colors are available for the window background only.

KBCategory: kbother kbhw KBSubcategory: Additional reference words: video 5.50 5.00 4.00 3.00 6.00 ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1994.