Print coloured text as black

Print coloured text as black

The growing popularity of colour printers means that many Word users are adding coloured text to their documents. That's great, but when you have to print such a document on a black and white printer, some colours show up too light to read. Fortunately, Word offers a little-known way to print all coloured text as pure black. To turn on this feature in Word 7, 97 and 2000, select Tools*Options, then click the Compatibility tab. Scroll down in the Options list and select Print colors as black on noncolor printers. Click OK.

This setting normally applies only to the current document. If you want to make it the default in Word, click Default on the Compatibility tab after setting the Compatibility option, then confirm.

Fix bizarre tab behaviour in WordPerfect 8
If you've noticed some odd formatting behaviour in WordPerfect 8 when you press <Tab> inside a paragraph, you're not alone. The program's QuickIndent feature is trying to set up its own default indentation. If that's not what you want, turn off this feature by selecting Tools*QuickCorrect. Under the Format-As-You-Go tab, clear the QuickIndent check box and click OK. The <Tab> key will then revert to its normal operation.

Category:Word processing
Issue: March 2000