Changing the color of text

You can change the color of all of the text on your Web page and you can change the color of selected text. Colors assigned to selected text are character styles and therefore override the default color you assign for all text on your Web page.

You can also change the color of hypertext links. See Changing the color of links.

Note Not all colors are supported uniformly by all Web browsers.

Changing the default color of text

To change the default color for all the text on a Web page:

1. Choose Document Options from the Tools menu (Windows) or Edit menu (Macintosh).
   
   The Options dialog box appears.
   
2. Click the Appearance tab if necessary, to see a new set of options.
   

   

   

    

3. Place the pointer over the Text box in the Text Color area and hold the mouse button down until the pop-up color palette appears.
   
   
   
   Note You can change the default color palette that appears. See Changing the default color palette display for more information.
   
4. Select the color you want for the text.
   
5. Click OK to close the Options dialog box.
   

To change the color of all text on your page back to the default settings:

1. Choose Document Options from the Tools menu (Windows) or from the Edit menu (Macintosh).
   
2. Click the Appearance tab.
   
3. Click Restore Default Colors, and then click OK.
   

Your links revert to their default color and any text not assigned a specific color character style reverts to the text default color.

Changing the color of selected text

To change the color of selected text:

1. Select the text in your page.
   
2. Choose Text Color from the Style menu or click the Text Color button on the toolbar and then choose one of the pre-defined colors or choose Other for more options.
   
   If you choose a pre-defined color, the color is applied to the text you selected.
   
   If you choose Other, a Color dialog box appears. Click on the color you want, and click OK to apply the new color to the text.
   
   Windows: If you want to define a custom color, click Define Custom Colors in the Color dialog box. For more information on how to set a custom color, consult your Windows documentation.
   
   Macintosh: If you want to define a custom color, click More Choices in the Color dialog box. For more information on how to set a custom color, consult your Macintosh documentation.
   

To change the color of selected text back to the default color, choose Text Color from the Style menu, and then choose Default.