Formatting Word's formatting marks

[RobG]

The default colour (solid black) of Word's formatting marks drives me
batty - other word processors let you change their the colour, is there
any way to do this in Word?

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

The default colour (solid black) of Word's formatting marks drives me
batty - other word processors let you change their the colour, is there
any way to do this in Word?

They are black in WinWord--in MacWord they should be gray. I'm assuming
you're the same cross-platform RobG who has posted before?

If they aren't gray in MacWord--post back with more info about OS, version,
and display setup, as something may be wrong.

As I understand from comments on the WinWord newsgroups, there is no way to
change the color. No one has ever asked about MacWord, but I would think
the same is true. You can make a request--use Help | Send Feedback in
MacWord, here for WinWord:

Start with this site‹click on Make a Suggestion wizard.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/contactus.aspx?Sitename=3

Search for an existing suggestion first, so that you don¹t split the vote by
creating a new suggestion. If one exists, add your vote to it.

Note: you have to sign into Passport to use the Suggestions function.

My guess would be that pointing out this is an accessibility issue might get
such a request more priority, since Accessibility seems very hot right now.

 

[Clive Huggan]

They are black in WinWord--in MacWord they should be gray. I'm assuming
you're the same cross-platform RobG who has posted before?

If they aren't gray in MacWord--post back with more info about OS, version,
and display setup, as something may be wrong.

As I understand from comments on the WinWord newsgroups, there is no way to
change the color. No one has ever asked about MacWord, but I would think
the same is true. You can make a request--use Help | Send Feedback in
MacWord, here for WinWord:

Start with this site‹click on Make a Suggestion wizard.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/contactus.aspx?Sitename=3

Search for an existing suggestion first, so that you don¹t split the vote by
creating a new suggestion. If one exists, add your vote to it.

Note: you have to sign into Passport to use the Suggestions function.

My guess would be that pointing out this is an accessibility issue might get
such a request more priority, since Accessibility seems very hot right now.

I'm assuming Rob is using a Windows version of Word, or an early version of
Word for the Mac, because he mentions the non-printing characters appearing
as black.

I'm not sure of the settings you can configure on the Windows versions of
Word -- my PC isn't here right now -- but in Word 2004, Word menu ->
Preferences (on the PC that's Tools menu -> Options) -> View -> gives you,
under "Non-printing characters", the choice of making these things visible:
tab characters, spaces, paragraph marks, optional hyphens, hidden text, or
all.

Keying Command-8 toggles on/off the display of non-printing characters, just
as hitting the pilcrow [paragraph mark] icon does, but of course much more
quickly.

Whenever I want to find how something has been laid out, e.g. by spaces or
tabs, I key Command-8 before quickly keying it again, because I prefer to
leave the non-printing characters (other than hidden text) off. I find the
noise of the characters puts me off reading for meaning, especially when
"speed reading". However, I acknowledge that my views are anathema to most
users of Word. I'm not alone, though: I have counted a dozen or so others
during the past few years who also have this preference. ;-)

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from the US and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
============================================================

 

[Phillip Jones]

If he is using a Mac versio he must be then using Word 6.0.1a

Because That year. If you were to boot up a ma and a PC and Hide the
computer , just had the monitor showing. you would not know which was
which. The Layout was exactly the same. And best as I can remember when
you clicked on the button that looked like a paragraph mark (reveal
codes?). all those marks were indeed black. and it also show little
square boxes which you could click on and would copy the style
(including such things as Fonts sizes, whether bold, italic, etc.); and
be able to double click on them and single click on the one in front of
the next paragraph and this style would imediately transfer. a Feat that
was lost on all other after.

They are black in WinWord--in MacWord they should be gray. I'm assuming
you're the same cross-platform RobG who has posted before?

If they aren't gray in MacWord--post back with more info about OS, version,
and display setup, as something may be wrong.

As I understand from comments on the WinWord newsgroups, there is no way to
change the color. No one has ever asked about MacWord, but I would think
the same is true. You can make a request--use Help | Send Feedback in
MacWord, here for WinWord:

Start with this site‹click on Make a Suggestion wizard.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/contactus.aspx?Sitename=3

Search for an existing suggestion first, so that you don¹t split the vote by
creating a new suggestion. If one exists, add your vote to it.

Note: you have to sign into Passport to use the Suggestions function.

My guess would be that pointing out this is an accessibility issue might get
such a request more priority, since Accessibility seems very hot right now.

I'm assuming Rob is using a Windows version of Word, or an early version of
Word for the Mac, because he mentions the non-printing characters appearing
as black.

I'm not sure of the settings you can configure on the Windows versions of
Word -- my PC isn't here right now -- but in Word 2004, Word menu ->
Preferences (on the PC that's Tools menu -> Options) -> View -> gives you,
under "Non-printing characters", the choice of making these things visible:
tab characters, spaces, paragraph marks, optional hyphens, hidden text, or
all.

Keying Command-8 toggles on/off the display of non-printing characters, just
as hitting the pilcrow [paragraph mark] icon does, but of course much more
quickly.

Whenever I want to find how something has been laid out, e.g. by spaces or
tabs, I key Command-8 before quickly keying it again, because I prefer to
leave the non-printing characters (other than hidden text) off. I find the
noise of the characters puts me off reading for meaning, especially when
"speed reading". However, I acknowledge that my views are anathema to most
users of Word. I'm not alone, though: I have counted a dozen or so others
during the past few years who also have this preference. ;-)

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from the US and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
============================================================

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