>Hi everybody,
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>This simple problem got me stumped. I could not find an option to change backcolor of the selected text. Of course, I can open another instance of word, change there and then insert, but it sounds silly. Could somebody please tell me, how can I change the background of the selected text?
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>Thanks a lot in advance.

Nadya,

Are you talking about how the text looks while selected or how it looks after you select it and choose a highlight coloe? You say that you can open another instance of Word and change there. What is stopping you from changing it in the first instance?

Renoir