Hi Stewart,
This may help, it changes colors in MS word as default when applied.
you can choose any colors and fonts you want.
Taken from this newsletter:
The Phoenix On-line Foundation Report
Vol. 1 No.1 September 1998
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Personal Control of Visibility for Windows95/98
Select Colors, Reduce Glare, Pick Your Font and Size
By Zaxo
Mme. St. Jean mentioned to me that many of our friends object to the glaring
brightness of Windows' backgrounds. This and many other colors can be
changed pretty easily. This note is about how to change them.
All proper and well-behaved Windows programs get their colors and appearance
from a single set of default colors, sizes and fonts. You can control the
appearance of Windows programs by choosing them for yourself.
There is a dialog in Windows called "Display Properties" which is be used
for this. "Display Properties" is reached by right-clicking an empty portion
of the desktop and selecting "Properties", or else by the
"Start|Settings|Control Panel|Display" sequence.
In "Display Properties", select the tab called "Appearance". You will see a
preview display of a desktop, and some dialogs below that: "Scheme", "Item",
and "Font".
"Scheme" allows you to select from a list of named preset color assignments
like "Desert", "Windows Standard (Large)", etc. "Scheme" also allows you to
name and save your own custom set of colors.
"Item" is the first one we are interested in. Its drop-down list contains
the names of parts of the desktop. Select one of these and you can control
all the color, size, and font options for that item. As you change anything
here the effect will be seen in the preview desktop. Play around, have some
fun!
If your text backgrounds are too bright, the culprit is the "Window" Item.
It is usually set to a maximum bright white. You can reduce its brightness a
little by picking a pale gray. The default text color is also set by this
Item. If bright text on a dark background suits you better, this is where to
get it.
Applications, which can show several documents (like Wordpad), have an
"Application Background" which appears to be behind the documents.
Many other items here can be modified to improve the legibility of the
windows desktop.
When the preview desktop shows something that suits you, click the "Save as"
button and type any name you like. Your creation will be saved to the
registry, and you can load and use it whenever you want. If you close
Windows while using your desktop scheme, it will still be active when you
restart.
This is a powerful tool for you. I hope it is helpful. If there is interest,
I will follow this up with a more detailed treatment.
© Zaxo, 1998
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From: R. Stewart Hughes <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, December 07, 1998 3:49 PM
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