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Font Color for Footer in Word for Mac

Anonymous
2019-08-23T19:04:05+00:00

When I add a footer to my word document the font color for the footer automatically shows up in blue. There is a hyperlink attached to the footer, so I thought maybe that's why. But changing the font color for the hyperlink to black didn't do anything to the blue footer color.

I changed the settings in "Style" under "Format", nothing.

Any suggestions how to change this?

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-08-26T08:44:03+00:00

    Hi David,

    From your description, the color of footer with hyperlink remains as blue color after your try to change the color. Based on my test in Word for Mac 16.28 (19081202)version, if you insert a footer with hyperlink then it would automatically turn into blue.

    If you want to change the color of the footer with the hyperlink to other colors, you can go the Ribbon bar above and change from font color by selecting the context. Then the color should be changed. This should be a normal behavior.

    If you tried the steps above, and the color of the footer remain as blue, please provide the following information to us.

    1: The screenshot of the Word version. You can Open Word Application > Word > About Microsoft Word to find it.

    2: Try creating an entirely new document and insert a new foot with hyperlink to determine whether the issue is caused by the client or the document.

    3: If it is convenient, please share the problematic file with us as CharlesKenyon IA suggested. Share OneDrive files and folders

    Notes*: To protect your information, please remove any private information before you share the screenshots/file with us. Thank you.*

    Best regards,

    Dihao

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-08-27T09:37:33+00:00

    Hi David,

    Thanks for your updates. If you have no related issue about the footer color in the new document. The issue should be caused by the document itself. Sometimes, for a issue only happens to a specific file, the most efficient way is really copying and pasting to a new created one. Fixing it quickly with this step will save more time than narrowing down a cause.

    Best regards,

    Dihao

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-08-26T17:23:52+00:00

    Dihao, thank you so much for your reply!

    It indeed had to do with the document. I created a new, blank one, and the footer was set to black.

    What I ended up doing is I created a new document, put in the footer first, and then copied the content of the original document into the new document. 

    That worked!

    I still couldn't find out how to change the font color for the footer in the original document.

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-08-23T21:06:35+00:00

    Since I haven't heard back from you, I am marking this as resolved. Let us know if there's anything else. If you don't have any more questions, feel free to choose a rating. Thanks! (Five stars means helpful, one star means not helpful.)

    If you do have more information or a sample document, please write back.

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-08-23T19:06:52+00:00

    Hi

    All headers and footers look faded. Does it print blue?

    If you want, save a sample document with the problem on OneDrive or Dropbox and paste a link here. Remove any confidential or sensitive information first. I or someone else can take a look at it.

    See https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

    This forum is a user-to-user support forum. I am a fellow user.

    I hope this information helps.

    Please let me know if you have any more questions or require further help.

    You can ask for more help by replying to this post (Reply button below).

    Regards

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