Blue Screen / White Text autoformatting

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It seems to me that Microsoft's software developers for Word don't test their
products with the blue screen/white text option on. I have discovered that
the blue screen/white text option reduces eye strain and I use it
exclusively. However, when there's any kind of light-colored shading or text
bubbles (like in redlining), the text is still white, making it impossible to
see. I think that it shouldn't be that difficult to have the text convert
back to black where there is a light-colored background. I would recommend
it for future product lines.

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FWIW, I believe I heard that "Blue background, white text" is so little used
that it will be omitted from Word 2007. Another reason why users should
agree to submitting CEIP data to MS: if you use features like this and don't
want MS to think nobody uses them, you'd better let them know!

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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TxLawyerinDallas said:
It seems to me that Microsoft's software developers for Word don't test their
products with the blue screen/white text option on. I have discovered that
the blue screen/white text option reduces eye strain and I use it
exclusively. However, when there's any kind of light-colored shading or text
bubbles (like in redlining), the text is still white, making it impossible to
see. I think that it shouldn't be that difficult to have the text convert
back to black where there is a light-colored background. I would recommend
it for future product lines.

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Yep: I would be surprised if anyone has tested that feature in the past 20
years :-) As Suzanne says, they're about to drop it. It's a hangover from
the old MS DOS product.

If you're getting eye-strain, have you checked your screen refresh rate? On
a flat panel screen, there is no point in adjusting the refresh rate,
because flat panels don't flicker. But CRT monitors do:

Right-click your desktop, go to Properties>Settings and turn your refresh
rate as high as you can get it (above 70 Hz). It has a dramatic effect on
eye-strain...

Oh, and turn your Contrast down a bit... Adjust your monitor's Brightness
so that the blackest black just begins to go milky, then adjust your
Contrast so the whitest white doesn't make you squint. Again: it has a
dramatic effect on eye-strain.

Ummm... And if you're as old as me, it may be time to visit the
Optometrist. I use different reading glasses for on-screen work :-)

Cheers

It seems to me that Microsoft's software developers for Word don't test their
products with the blue screen/white text option on. I have discovered that
the blue screen/white text option reduces eye strain and I use it
exclusively. However, when there's any kind of light-colored shading or text
bubbles (like in redlining), the text is still white, making it impossible to
see. I think that it shouldn't be that difficult to have the text convert
back to black where there is a light-colored background. I would recommend
it for future product lines.

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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=7ae0c6a3-108b
-43cc-8c1f-75f8e2931336&dg=microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
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You can also change the color of the "paper" in Word. In Control Panel |
Display | Appearance, choose an appropriate pastel color for the Window. I
have mine set to an attractive ivory (RGB 255, 255, 225).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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