Microsoft KB Archive/65661

= Changing Color of Selected Text in Help and Windows =

Article ID: 65661

Article Last Modified on 7/7/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.1
 * Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11
 * Microsoft Windows 3.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 3.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 3.11 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q65661



SUMMARY
You can change the color of Help jump terms, Help glossary terms, text that run Help macros, and selected text in Microsoft Windows by adding lines to different sections of the WIN.INI file, as follows: Highlighted text       Section of WIN.INI      Line to add -

Help jump terms        [Windows Help]          Jumpcolor=(R G B) Help glossary terms     [Windows Help]          Popupcolor=(R G B) Help macros             [Windows Help]          MacroColor=(R G B) Windows screens         [colors]                HighlightText=(R G B) The R, G, and B values are integers between 0 and 255 that specify the relative intensities of red, green, and blue. For example, the following turns the text bright blue: Jumpcolor=0 0 255 In this example, zero turns the red and green intensities off, and 255 turns the blue intensity to the brightest level.

After you make the change in the WIN.INI file and save it, you can access the Program Manager, choose Help, then choose Contents. The color change you made appears. You do not have to exit and restart Windows to see your color change.



MORE INFORMATION
The following table lists the default 16-color palette: Color                Line to add --- White                JumpColor=255 255 255 Light Gray           JumpColor=192 192 192 Gray                 JumpColor=127 127 127 Bright Red           JumpColor=255 000 000 Red                  JumpColor=127 000 000 Bright Green         JumpColor=000 255 000 Green                JumpColor=000 127 000 Bright Blue          JumpColor=000 000 255 Blue                 JumpColor=000 000 127 Yellow               JumpColor=255 255 000 Brown                JumpColor=127 127 000 Cyan                 JumpColor=000 255 255 Aqua                 JumpColor=000 127 127 Violet               JumpColor=255 000 255 Purple               JumpColor=127 000 127 Black                JumpColor=000 000 000 NOTE: If your video driver supports more than 256 colors, the jump colors may not displayed correctly.

