Guest softieq Posted June 21, 2008 Posted June 21, 2008 Hi! I am trying to figure out how to change the color of a Windows XP (service pack 2) window for 1 Word document only. I am doing a tri-fold brochure for a client. Normally, on my computer, I have changed display/appearance settings so that I have a cool kind of rose color for for my windows. (As you may know, if you don't want your Windows "windows" to have a standard white background, you can go into cntl panel/display/appearances/advanced and change the color of a "window" to one of the preset, or a custom color.) Changing the custom settings back and forth is tricky, and I often "lose" my custom color settings. Thus, I don't want to have to change them if I can avoid it. Therefore, when I am going to attach a formal email, I highlight the doc and choose format/background and change the color to a "professional" white before sending it. That way I retain my default color custom window settings. However, in this case, with the columns etc. set for the brochure, as soon as I change the color the columns disappear! I know there must be a way to change the color of the window (display, background, or otherwise) just for one doc, without doing the universal "display" change for all windows as per above. Again, the problem is that when I take the basic brochure and use "background" to change the background from my custom pink to a professional white, then the columns disappear from the brochure. The minute I redo the columns, the pink comes back. This is the crux of the issue. I have tinkered w/all the different parts of "borders and shading" but none seems to apply to the whole doc, even when I set margin borders @ "0." Yet, I'm sure there must be an easy way to resolve this problem! (Also, is there a way to get free Windows support via email or otherwise?) Suggestions on Word/Windows or other software programs (free downloads) I could use to get out this brochure? On deadline! Thx!
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