Choosing the color of text and selected text
Text Editor lets you choose different colors for selected and unselected text. You can choose a preset color from the System Colors section, or a custom color. You can choose a custom color by using the color picker or you can type numeric quantities to specify the color's hue, saturation, and value. You can also type numbers to control the amount of red, green, and blue in the custom color.
To choose the color of text
1. Click Options, Default Style.
2. In the Item section, click the Normal button.
3. Click a color in the System Colors section.
To choose a custom color for text
1. Follow steps 1 and 2 from the previous procedure.
2. In the Custom Colors section, click a gray box.
3. Do one of the following:
drag the color picker over the palette
type values to change the hue, saturation, value, red quality, green quality, or blue quality in the color
4. Click the Add To Custom Colors button.
To choose the color of selected text
1. Click Options, Default Style.
2. In the Item section, click Selected.
3. In the System Colors section, click a color.
To choose a custom color for selected text
1. Follow steps 1 and 2 from the previous procedure.
2. In the Custom Colors section, click a gray box.
3. Do one of the following:
drag the color picker over the palette
type values to change the hue, saturation, value, red quality, green quality, or blue quality in the color
4. Click the Add To Custom Colors button.