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[Lovemychooks]

Does anyone know how to change the colour on the background of windows (when you are typing a letter the background is always white) to a light grey colour ? Strange question I know but i'm dyslexic and find it easier to read on a grey coloured background.

 

Thanks

[Christian]

I have no idea, as i use a mac, but OH is in the bath and will have a look for you in a bit.

 

Maybe someone else will know in the mean time?

[Lovemychooks]

Thanks Christian. Is there no end to your talent ?!! x

[Guest]

if you mean MS word, you just click 'format' at the top then click 'background' and choose one of the colours that pops up

 

 

or click on 'more colours' then the 'custom' tab and choose your own hue.

[Fabergé]

Go to the menu selections at the top.

In 'format' select 'background', then choose the colour you want.

[Lovemychooks]

Thanks Poet, that's brilliant. One question....do you know how to make it permanent ?

[Guest]

no, sorry

[Christian]

OH couldn't do it without turning the brightness down on the screen!

that made the page grey, but all the content dark too!

 

So in answer to you question -

Thanks Christian. Is there no end to your talent ?!! x

 

Yes there is an end to my talents. Hate computers, give me chickens anyday!

[Lovemychooks]

thanks faberge, we posted at the same time !

[The Dogmother]

making it permanent must be in the document defaults somewhere I'll have a tinker when I get a moment.

[Leicester_H]

i'm dyslexic and find it easier to read on a grey coloured background.

Have you tried a lilac background? That is supposed to be favoured by most dyslexics

 

H

[Lovemychooks]

Thanks for your replies Christian, Claret & Hazel...i'm not too good with computers !!

[Ain't Nobody Here]

This may not help but you can try it if you like.

 

In Word go to Tools, Options, General and tick 2nd option Blue background, white text.

 

It is very bright so might make things even worse .

 

I like a challenge so will have a go at finding grey for you!

[Geoid]

What version of Word are you running?

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Oops, am I out-of-date? I've got 2003.

[Geoid]

No! I didn't mean it like that, If Lovemychooks is running an old version (or new version) of word, the settings might be different. (I have 2003 also)

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Fred - good point, I had thought that too but was hoping it would be the same in different versions (some hope knowing Microsoft!)

 

Lovemychooks - assuming this is for documents that you want to create yourself, there's no way I can see of making it permanent. However you could make a shortcut to save you doing it each time. Open a word document, change the background to the colour you want and save it to your desktop. Just use that every time you want a new document (but obviously save it as something else once you've started using it!) By the way, background colours don't print so it'll only be of use to you on your computer.

 

Don't know if that helps .

[Geoid]

I've cracked it! I worked out how to change the background colour with a simple keyboad shortcut.... Details coming soon

[The Dogmother]

....drums fingers.... we're waiting *sighs*

[Geoid]

ok here goes:

Tools>Macro>Record New Macro

Give the Macro a name, then click assign to keyboard

In Press a new shortcut key, hold down the buttons that you would like the shortcut to be assigned to (like Shift, Control, B) Press Assign then close.

Then a box should appear, do what you would normally do to change the background, the on the box that showed up, click the square, or stop button.

Then Tools>Macro>Macros, on the macro name, then step into, A new window should apper, on that go to File>Save normal then close it down.

when you open a new word document, and do the shortcut, hopefully the background will change!

[The Dogmother]

What a star... you beat me.. I was trying to find a way to store it in the normal template, but failing miserably

 

*Drags tired eyes off to bed*

[Lovemychooks]

Thanks for your replies Chelsea.

 

Fred, i'm not sure so i'll have to have a look tonight.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

ok here goes:

Tools>Macro>Record New Macro!

 

*bows down and worships superior computer knowledge*

[Lovemychooks]

Thanks for your help everyone, very much appreciated.

 

It's so good to "know" people who are able to help, thanks

[kissinuk]

Assuming you aren't just talking about Word then just do this:-

 

Right-click on desktop (Windows wallpaper)

Choose Properties

Chose the 'Appearance' tab

Click 'Advanced'

Click on the white window background that pops up (where it says 'window text')

Select the grey colour that you wanted

Press OK

Press OK again

Wait 5 hours for Windows to refresh... and there you are, grey background on all windows!