Hi Rafael:
On the toolbar icon at the top called "Font Color/Auto" (black bar on the
bottom, pyramid on the right, on the left, three stacked colors.
or in Format>Font>font color/Automatic. I've always thought that
'Automatic' is the default to black.
Automatic will default to black under most circumstances. However, it also
enables Word to change the colour of the contrast between the text and any
applied shading is less than 50 per cent. So if you apply a black shading,
Automatic will enable the font to switch to White.
I know how to set it in Font dialog where the font color drop down menu is
the same as the icon.
Do you mean Format >Style>Modify I see that here in Modify, when I
choose 'Automatic' the 'description' in the style window doesn't mention
color at all, whereas when I choose 'black', the description includes
'black'. Is choosing 'automatic' throwing me off from keeping a black
default text? I never paid attention to that 'description'. Does the
description of one's set up like thatg appear anywhere else?
I don't know much about 'styles'. Should I, for this problem?
Yes. In Word 2004 and later, ALL formatting is a style internally, even if
Word hides the name from you. So yes, it would help to know styles. You
will suffer a lot less confusion when the unexpected happens
I think that may be your problem. If the font colour in the style is set to
Automatic, then it will show "Automatic" in that dialog when you modify the
style.
If it shows "blank" it means "Undefined" which would mean that the style has
picked up a "colour" that Word 2004 doesn't know about.
Change it to Automatic and you will probably fix your problem in that
document.
Check the box that says "Add to template" o your way out, and you'll fix it
for future documents too.
Documents that already exist will need to be fixed one by one.
Hope this helps
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