red type

Question

why is my type all of a sudden in red. I didn't change the color and I can't change it back to black with the font color option

Answer 1

Hello RobinClaire,

Thank you for contacting the Microsoft Support Community

There is a huge chance that you have turned on track changes.
To turn it back off

Go to the Review Tab > in the Changes Group click Accept and choose Accept All Changes

Then in the Tracking Group, click on Track Changes to turn it off. (do not click on the track changes drop-down) or do Ctrl+Shift+E

See the link below for guidance
https://support.office.com/article/197ba630-0f5f-4a8e-9a77-3712475e806a

Best Regards
Fuad

Answer 2

I wonder if you have Track Changes turned on. Red text, should include a "strikethrough" link in middle of text.

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• Make a copy of the file
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• Go to Review tab > Tracking group > Track changes drop down.
  
• Check to see of "Track Changes" is turned on
• Try Changes group > Reject drop down > Reject all
• If that looks approximately OK review the text to see what changes
• If it doesn't look good, <CTL><Z> to undo
• in the Changes group > Accept drop down > Accept all

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/track-changes-in-word-197ba630-0f5f-4a8e-9a77-3712475e806a .

If that doesn't work, could you make a copy of the file and share it with us. You can delete most of the text, leaving just one page or so.

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Upload Example - Share via “Personal” OneDrive File

There is no way to upload example files directly to this forum.
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Trouble shooting problems using this text only forum can be like a visit to the dentist without anaesthetics: a long, slow painful process of us trying to “extract” the clues needed to recognize the problem in a back and forth flow of questions and answers so that we hopefully can eventually come up with a / “the” solution.
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Often it is faster and easier for everyone if we have a “sample file(s)” get "hands on", to look at, and to “play with”. There are a couple of advantages of providing example files:

. * we have exactly the same data you are describing,

. * if your problem requires merging multiple files, we can work with that

. * you will often get different suggestions from users with points of view and experience.
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This next link provides some tips on setting up a sample file and specific instructions for uploading and "sharing" it for us to access:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_other-winapps/trouble-shooting-share-onedrive-file/a231a097-bcbf-4e34-ad6c-a33118baf471?tm=1523189328156
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The above article includes links to a macros to randomize existing text in Word and Excel
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Note: make sure to upload to your Personal (consumer) OneDrive rather than your work OneDrive or SharePoint. Files in the Work cloud can be hard to share due to security restrictions placed by the work admins. Or use any other free storage service (anything other than business OneDrive or SharePoint).
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Another article explaining need for sharing example files:

Why a sample file is important for troubleshooting. How to do it. https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/why-a-sample-file-is-important-for-troubleshooting/9441ae3c-1e92-41c6-9a1f-5b377b08e5a5
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