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White text on black background in Word 2010

Anonymous
2020-03-17T09:09:25+00:00

I want to create a Word 2010 document on a black background with white text. As soon as I start to write into the black my text line gets a white background by itself so that the white text becomes invisible (see screenshot). How can I make Word write just white text on a black background? 

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  1. Stefan Blom 341.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2020-03-18T11:51:50+00:00

    Looking at your example, the Normal style contains shading which cannot be removed via the user interface. However, running the following macro did the trick:

    Sub RemoveCharacterShading()

    'Stefan Blom, MVP, March 2020

    ActiveDocument.Styles(wdStyleNormal).Font _

    .Shading.BackgroundPatternColorIndex = wdAuto

    End Sub

    You will also have to select the text in the document and remove direct font formatting (press Ctrl+SpaceBar to do that).

    Here is a screen shot of the result:

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  2. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2020-03-18T11:42:45+00:00

    Select the text in the document and then go to the Borders and Shading dialog and set the fill to No Color

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-03-18T07:10:17+00:00

    Share an example document with the forum. You can upload it to OneDrive or Dropbox, make the document public and post a link here.

    There is an example document attached to my original post. However, I'll try to make another one available via Dropbox. G.R.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-03-17T09:53:23+00:00

    Sorry, this does not answer my question. I have no problem with changing the page background to black. My problem is how to change the LINE background which is white, to black, as seen in my screenshot.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-03-17T09:27:14+00:00

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