Microsoft KB Archive/28360

Getting Background Color with a CGA Card

PSS ID Number: Q28360 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

3.x 4.00 5.00 5.50 6.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

Word must be run in text (nongraphics) mode in order to get or change the background color on a computer with a CGA graphics card.In Word versions 5.50, 6.00, choose Preferences from the View menu and then select Display Mode (ALT, V, E, D). Select “Text, 25 Lines…”from those choices listed.

In Word version 5.00, choose “1” or “2” in the “display mode:” field of the Options menu.

In Word version 4.00, select text mode by setting the Options “display:” field to “Text.”

With Word versions 3.x, select text mode when starting Word by typing “word/c” at the DOS prompt.

KBCategory: kbother kbhw KBSubcategory: Additional reference words: video ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1994.