In Word under Tools : Options : General, you can check "blue background, white
text". This gives a nice dark blue background and the text prints out black. You
can then change the background to black it that is better. The text color is set
to automatic and prints fine. You can automate the background color change with
something like;

ActiveWindow.View.Type = wdOnlineView
With ActiveDocument.Background.Fill
    .Visible = True
    .ForeColor.RGB = RGB(0, 0, 0)
End With

If you set the background color to black and the text color to white. You see
nothing printed. Under the Options : Compatibility tab, you can select "print
colors as black on noncolor printers" but Word doesn't see White as a color so
you still see nothing printed.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul J. Traynor [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 8:00 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [PCSOFT] changing the visual color of text
>
>
> Hi List,
>
> I am trying to set up colors on a computer for a visually
> impaired person.
>
> The problem is that in microsoft word 97, she wants a black
> background with
> "white text".
> However she wants the printed text to be "black" which means
> I need to be
> able to  setup somewhere on the computer that text displayed
> on the screen
> within microsoft word is "white" but  black is the printed text.
>
> I have successfully made the word screen a "black background"
> but so too is
> the text and while it is correct, it is little benefit  to
> her as she can't
> see it at all then.
>
> I have been able to do this in the short term by going into
> "format" then
> "background" but  it doesn't hold the setting when you exit.
>
> I hope I have explained this okay and hope someone can give me clear
> instructions as to how this is done.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Paul Traynor.
>
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