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In this course, we will talk about how to change font color in MS Word. Meanwhile, this is the continuation of the previous tutorial on how to change font style, size and font case in Microsoft Word which still part of formatting text in your documents.

Further, we’ll learn how to mark text so that it looks like it was done with a highlighter pen. We will also learn how to give different effects to different parts of text.

What is font color in MS Word?

Font color is sometimes used to say more than what the text says. For example, you might use color to draw attention to an important point in a course syllabus. Or, you could put a multiple-choice question on a word document and color the right answer green and the wrong answers red.

What is the default font color in MS Word

The default font color in MS Word isn’t black; it’s Automatic Black on light colors and White on dark ones. I wouldn’t suggest changing the color that is used by default for all new documents, but if you really want to: To open the Styles pane, press Alt+Ctrl+Shift+S.

What is the use of font color in MS Word?

The use of font color in MS Word is you can add colored text like red, orange, green, blue, indigo, and many others. At the same time, you can choose the background color.

Also, you can change the color of links from blue to something else if you need to work with a certain background color.

How to Change Font Color in MS Word

Text Highlight Color in MS Word

The text highlight color is the shade of a color over your text and the color of a word that also includes the white spaces between the letters. Text highlight color can change depending on what program is being used.

How to Highlight Text with Colors

Here’s how you can use any color to highlight a piece of text and make it look like it was marked with a highlighter pen. Most of the time, we use yellow to highlight text. By following this two simple steps, you can easily highlight a section of text with a color.

• Step 1: Choose the part of the text that needs to be colored. You can use any of the ways to select text to pick out the part of text you want.
• Step 2: Click the triangle next to the Text Highlight Color button to see a list of colors. Try moving your mouse pointer over different colors to see how the color of the text changes on its own. You can choose any of the colors by just clicking on it.

If you click on the left side of the Text Highlight Color button, the selected color is automatically applied to the text. Clicking on the small triangle shows a list of colors.

What are effects applied to text?

How to Apply Text Effects in MS Word Document

Microsoft Word has a list of text effects that will show you how to apply text effects in an MS Word document to improve the appearance of your document, particularly the cover page and headings. By following two simple steps, it’s easy to apply different effects to text.

• Step 1: Find the text you want to make bold and click on it. You can use any of the ways to select text to pick out the part of text you want.
• Step 2: Click the Text Effect button to see a list of effects, such as shadow, outline, glow, reflection, etc. If you move your mouse pointer over different effects, the text effect will change on its own. You can choose any of the available text effects by clicking on it.

Summary

In summary, we’ve talked about how to change font color and highlight text in Microsoft Word, as well as how to apply effects in a document and what those terms mean. In addition, we know the list of color options available in Microsoft Word. We also gain insight into how changing font color and highlighting make the document creative and good.

We hope this tutorial helps you as you format your documents in MS Word.

In this chapter, we will discuss how to change text colors in Word 2010. We will also understand how to mark text which should look like it was marked with a highlighter pen. In addition, we will learn how to apply different effects on portions of text.

Change Font Colors

The text that we type comes in black by default; you can always change the color of the font to a color of your choice. It is very simple to change the text color by following two simple steps −

Step 1 − Select the portion of text the font color of which needs to be changed. You can use any of the text selection method to select the portion of text.

Step 2 − Click the Font Color button triangle to display a list of colors. Try to move your mouse pointer over different colors and you will see the text color will change automatically. You can select any of the colors available by simply clicking over it.

If you click at the left portion of the Font Color button, the selected color gets applied to the text automatically; you need to click over the small triangle to display a list of colors.

If you do not find a color of your choice, you can use the More Colors option to display the color pallet box which allows you to select a color from a range of colors.

Highlight Text with Colors

You can highlight a selected portion of text using any color and it will look like it was marked with a highlighter pen. Usually we highlight a text using yellow color. It is very simple to highlight a portion of text with a color by following two simple steps

Step 1 − Select the portion of text that needs to be highlighted with color. You can use any of the text selection method to select the portion of text.

Step 2 − Click the Text Highlight Color button triangle to display a list of colors. Try to move your mouse pointer over different colors and you will see the text color changes automatically. You can select any of the colors available by simply clicking over it.

If you click at the left portion of the Text Highlight Color button, then the selected color gets applied to the portion of text automatically; you need to click over the small triangle to display a list of colors.

Apply Text Effects

Microsoft word provides a list of text effect which add to the beauty of your document, especially to the cover page or the headings of the document. This is very simple to apply various text effects by following two simple steps −

Step 1 − Select the portion of text that you want to change to a bold font. You can use any of the text selection method to select the portion of text.

Step 2 − Click the Text Effect button to display a list of effects including shadow, outline, glow, reflection etc. Try to move your mouse pointer over different effects and you will see the text effect will change automatically. You can select any of the text effect available by simply clicking over it.

If your chosen communication method is through written documents, changing text color is probably the easiest way to have a word or section stand out. I’ll show you how to change text color in Microsoft Word.

Change text color in Microsoft Word

As with most formatting features in MS Word, you can either change a setting prior to typing your text or you can type it and change the color, size, font, etc. later.

Let’s say you’ve already typed your document and you want to change the color of a single word from the default black to red. Click your mouse just before the first letter of the word or words that you wish the alter the color, then drag your mouse or your finger on a trackpad across until your target text is selected. Once you’ve selected the text, use one of the following methods to change the color.

You can use any of these methods to change your font color for an entire document. If you haven’t typed anything into your document yet, you’d simply use one of the methods given below to change the text color at the beginning of the document.

If your document is fully typed and you decide to change the text color, say from black to dark grey, just select the entire text before you use the methods given below.

Hint: Click anywhere in the document with your mouse. Then, Control + A on Windows computers or Command + A on Mac computers will select the text of the entire document.

Method one – change text color in Word

Leave your text selected and select the Home tab in the ribbon.

• The second section from the left is the text section. Look for a capital A icon with a colored underline. Click that A icon to change your text to the color of the underline under that icon.
• If you want a different color, click the small arrow just on the right of that A icon. An options panel will open where you can select from a number of colors.
• If you don’t see the color you’re looking for, click More Colors… to open a color wheel that will allow you to choose from many more colors.

Method two – change text color in Word

Leave your text selected.

• Right-click on the text and choose “Font….”
• Be sure the Font tab is selected, then in the second section down (Font and Underline), click in the drop-down box below Font Color….

In Microsoft Word for Mac, you could possibly have a huge assortment of font colors available to you. The exact number depends on whether you have other software such as graphic design or photo editing software on your computer that might install additional colors.

When you open the Font panel from the right-click menu, then open the Font color drop-down box, you will see an assortment of color pickers – wheels, etc.. Any of those may present your with more colors to select from.

In the panel that you see when you click the font color drop-down box, there is another drop-down at the top that lets you choose the type of sliders that you want to use. You can RGB, CMYK and more.

To the right of that option, there is a tiny gear icon. If you click on that gear icon, you will see a long list of color profiles to select from. In most cases, writers will not need to change those, but they are available if needed.

Set your font color before typing text in Microsoft Word

You can also set the font color prior to typing the words in MS Word. To do that, just follow the previous instructions except that you will not select your text before you choose the color. Instead, when you come to the place in your document where you want the different colored word, stop just prior to the different colored word. Use the instructions above to set the font color. The menu/ribbon and right-click options will work.

When you’re ready to return to black or whatever your basic document text color is, follow the instructions again and choose black. Continue typing. You should see your colored word in line with your black text.

Personally, if I know ahead of time that I want one or more upcoming words to be a different color, I find it easier to just do it as I type than to return and change it later.

You’ll find more of our tips for styling your text in Microsoft Word here.

You can learn more about styling text in the Microsoft Style Guide.

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