Microsoft KB Archive/303154

= Text May Be Unreadable in Internet Explorer if High Contrast Mode Is Enabled =

Article ID: 303154

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 128-Bit Edition
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0

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This article was previously published under Q303154





SYMPTOMS
If you use High Contrast mode while you are using a light-colored text on a black background color scheme, some or all of the text on Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) documents may be unreadable in Internet Explorer. Although the text is displayed, it may be black on a black background, so that the text becomes invisible.



CAUSE
This problem can occur because under certain conditions, Internet Explorer does not change explicitly-defined font colors. If the link=#000000 value is in the BODY tag of an HTML document, all links in the document appear black, regardless of color scheme.



RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, configure Internet Explorer to ignore all font colors:
 * 1) In Internet Explorer, click Internet Options on the Tools menu.
 * 2) Click Accessibility, and then click to select the Ignore colors specified on Web pages check box.
 * 3) Click OK to confirm your selection.
 * 4) Restart Internet Explorer.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information about accessibility features in Windows (including High Contrast mode), please view the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/enable

Keywords: kbui kbprb KB303154

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