Microsoft KB Archive/67636

Word 5.00: Reverse Video Not Saved Between Sessions

PSS ID Number: Q67636 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

5.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

It has been reported that the color option to allow an EGA or VGA adapter card configuration to run in reverse video (black letters on a white background) on a monochrome monitor is not saved between sessions of Microsoft Word version 5.00.

A possible workaround to this situation would be to create an “autoexec” macro to automatically change the color selection to black letters on white background (reverse video) when the Word program is started. To create the autoexec macro, follow these steps:


 * 1) While in Word, press SHIFT+F3 to turn on the macro recorder (RM [record macro] will appear on the status line at the bottom of the screen).
 * 2) Choose Options, move the cursor to the “colors:” field, and press F1 to view a list of background color choices.
 * 3) Press the appropriate letter to select a color in the “background for window 1:” field and press Enter.
 * 4) Press SHIFT+F3 to turn the macro recorder off. In the “Copy to:” field, type “autoexec” (without the quotation marks). This will store a macro named “autoexec” in the active glossary file (NORMAL.GLY should be the active glossary file). When exiting Word, choose “Y” to save changes to the glossary, or choose Transfer Glossary Save to save the autoexec macro.

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