Microsoft FrontPage 2003

Applying Color to Text

Text can be any color. For example, colored text may be used to make text stand out. FrontPage allows many options for applying color to text. You can apply colors to your text by using a standard list of commonly used colors or creating custom colors.

Applying Color to Text
Using Additional Color Options

Applying Color to Text

The Font dialog box comes with standard and custom colors to choose from by using either the menu or the toolbar option.

Applying Color to Text: Menu Option

Select the text you want to color
From the Format menu, select Font...
The Font dialog box appears.
From the Color pull-down list, select the desired color
HINTS:
To see a wider variety of colors or create your own custom color, select More Colors....
To return your text to black, repeat steps 1-3 and select Black
Click OK

Applying Color to Text: Toolbar Option

Select the text you want to color
On the Formatting toolbar, from the Font Color pull-down list, select the desired color
HINTS:
To see a wider variety of colors or create your own custom color, select More Colors....
To return your text to black, repeat step 2 and select Black

Using Additional Color Options

Using a custom color allows you to either choose one of 48 web-safe colors or create your own color.

Choosing a Basic Color

Select the text you want to color
From the Format menu, select Font...
The Font dialog box appears.
From the Color pull-down list, select More Colors...
The More Colors dialog box appears.
Click CUSTOM...
The Color dialog box appears.
From the hexagonal palette, select a desired color
The new color appears in the New box.
NOTE: For more information, refer to Entering Hex Colors.
Click OK
The new color you selected appears in the Color pull-down list.
Click OK
The color is now applied to the selected text.

Creating a Custom Color

Select the text you want to color
From the Format menu, select Font...
The Font dialog box appears.
From the Color pull-down list, select More Colors...
The More Colors dialog box appears.
Click CUSTOM...
The Color dialog box appears.
Under Custom colors, select an empty box
Using the Color Spectrum and Gradient Bar,
1. In the Color Spectrum box, click a desired color
2. On the Gradient Bar, click and drag the left arrow up and down until you reach a desired color
  The desired color appears in the Color/Solid box.
  HINTS:
  The color becomes lighter as the arrow moves up. The color becomes darker as the arrow moves down.
  You may use the Hue, Sat, Lum, Red, Green, and Blue text boxes to create a color by typing specific values. For instruction on how to accomplish this, refer to Selecting Colors by Values.
Click ADD TO CUSTOM COLORS
The empty box you selected now contains the new color.
OPTIONAL: Repeat steps 5-7 as necessary
Click OK
You are returned to the More Colors dialog box.
Click OK
The color you selected appears in the Color pull-down list.
Click OK
The color is now applied to the selected text.