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Any text can be filled with a color, pattern, texture, or gradient. Text colors
can liven up a newsletter, poster, or report. Text color only applies to text,
therefore you must select the text you want to modify before using the text color
features.
To Format the Text Color
Use the Text Color tool on the FormatBar to format the color of the text. You can also tear-off the tool to
change the format of the text. See the Tear-Off Tools
topic for more information about tearing off tools.

- Select the text you wish to format.
- From the FormatBar, use the following buttons to format the text fill. You can
also use the tear-off formatting palette if it is displayed.
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Text Color tool
Text Color tool tab bar
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Text Color Tool: This tool sets the
color for the selected text. Click the tool to display a tab bar. The tab bar
contains the following choices:
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Color: Position the cursor over the
tab, then select the color you want from the palette. The palette displays the
currently active color set. To display other sets, see the Ink
Sets topic for more information. The colors on the palette can be customized.
See the Customizing Inks topic for more information. |
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Pattern: Position the cursor over
the tab, then select the pattern or texture you want from the palette. The palette
displays the current set of patterns or textures. To display other sets (including
the texture set), see the Ink Sets topic for more
information. The patterns or textures on the palette can be customized. See
the Customizing Inks topic for more information. |
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Gradient: Position the cursor over the
tab, then select the gradient you want from the palette. The palette displays the current
set of gradients. To display other sets, see the Ink Sets
topic for more information. The gradients on this palette can be customized.
See the Customizing Inks topic for more information. |
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Transparency: Position the cursor over
the tab, then select the opacity or transparency of the fill. 100% represents full
opacity, 0% denotes total transparency. A transparent fill makes whatever items are
behind the item show through. An opaque fill is whatever color, gradient, or pattern
you chose. See the Transparency topic for more
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