Reducing ink usage in Word

[Mather]

Hi,

Is there a way to reduce the density of a font and/or a
picture when printing? Word Perfect will adjust
the "shading" percentage of fonts so the printer doesn't
print black quite so black. I know I could use draft
output on my printer but that lightens things up a bit too
much. Just trying to conserve ink here.

Mather

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi, Mather,

In Word 2000 and later, you can choose the font color. If you temporarily
change the font color in the definition of the Normal style to medium grey,
it will also change the colors of all other styles that are based on Normal
(as long as they don't specify a color of their own). After printing, change
the color back to Auto.

For one-button ease of use, create the following macro in the Normal.dot
template or a global template in Word's Startup folder, and assign a toolbar
button to it (see http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/MacrosVBA/CreateAMacro.htm
and http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/MacrosVBA/AssignMacroToToolbar.htm).

Sub PrintLight()
With ActiveDocument
.Styles(wdStyleNormal).Font.Color = RGB(128, 128, 128)
.PrintOut Background:=False
.Styles(wdStyleNormal).Font.Color = wdColorAutomatic
End With
End Sub

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hmm, I meant to say "In Word 2000 and later, you can choose the font color
from a large pallette, rather than the 16 colors available in Word 97 and
earlier."