>>>>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.
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>>>Nadya,
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>>>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?
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>>>Renoir
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>>Renoir,
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>>I was talking about changing the background of selected text. When I needed to do it, I could not find the necessary option in menu. J. Crescencio Flores already answered this question and I gave him 10 points, but unfortunately yesterday's messages are gone. See, if you can find this option by yourself :), it's not very intuitive from my point of view.
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>Nadya,
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>Ok, I give up. Ten minutes is my max "just for curiousity" researching time allowed ...
>
>Renoir

Go to Formats, Border and Shading, Third tab, Style Solid and Choose color, you want. I also spent ~10 minutes, trying to figure this out by my own, but then gave up and wrote a message here.