Changing background, foreground and link colors in articles
You can change the display colors of articles. You can change the background color of an article; you can change the foreground color, which changes the color of the text of the article. You can change the color of visited and unvisited hypertext. You can also change the color of a hyperlink that you have already followed. You can choose preset system colors or custom colors.
To change background and foreground color
1. In the Newsgroup window, click Options, Appearance.
2. In the Message Display Settings window, click one of the following buttons:
Background Color
Foreground Color
3 Click a color from the System Colors palette.
To change the color of unvisited hypertext
1. In the Newsgroup window, click Options, Appearance.
2. In the Message Display Settings window, click the Link Color button.
3. Click a color from the System Colors palette.
To change the color of visited hypertext
1. In the Newsgroup window, click Options, Appearance.
2. In the Message Display Settings window, click the Followed Color button.
3. Click a color from the System Colors palette.
To create custom colors for article display
1. Follow steps 1 and 2 from any of the previous procedures.
2. In the Custom Colors section, choose a gray box.
3. Click a color region on the Color Palette.
4. Click the Add To Custom Colors button.
Note
For information about opening newsgroups, see "Opening newsgroups."