Why background colour menu items are greyd-out? pegasus 12/31/2008 8:35:00 PM In Word 2003 I find the 'background color' and 'line color' drop-down menus greyed out, on a document shared by others (but which I can edit) - this means that I cannot remove highlighting before moving the document on to an outside user. How do I get that functionality back?

Re: Why background colour menu items are greyd-out? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 12/31/2008 10:19:50 PM Where are you seeing these dropdown menus? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "pegasus" <pegasus[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1E34BA12-34B6-4482-881F-460A48A2A5A8[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > In Word 2003 I find the 'background color' and 'line color' drop-down > menus > greyed out, on a document shared by others (but which I can edit) - this > means that I cannot remove highlighting before moving the document on to > an > outside user. How do I get that functionality back? >

Re: Why background colour menu items are greyd-out? pegasus 12/31/2008 11:19:01 PM On the drawing menu bar of Word 2003 "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Where are you seeing these dropdown menus? > > -- > Suzanne S. Barnhill > Microsoft MVP (Word) > Words into Type > Fairhope, Alabama USA > http://word.mvps.org > > "pegasus" <pegasus[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:1E34BA12-34B6-4482-881F-460A48A2A5A8[ at ]microsoft.com... > > In Word 2003 I find the 'background color' and 'line color' drop-down > > menus > > greyed out, on a document shared by others (but which I can edit) - this > > means that I cannot remove highlighting before moving the document on to > > an > > outside user. How do I get that functionality back? > > > > >

Re: Why background colour menu items are greyd-out? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 12/31/2008 11:45:37 PM If highlighting has been applied using the Highlighter or Format | Borders and Shading (or using Track Changes), then the Fill and Outline colors will not apply. The buttons on the drawing toolbar apply only to AutoShapes (including text boxes), not to tables or ordinary text. You may be confusing them with the Shading and Border buttons on the Tables and Borders toolbar, which use the same icons. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "pegasus" <pegasus[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E413054D-A55E-40ED-A25A-03937E999857[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > On the drawing menu bar of Word 2003 > > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: > >> Where are you seeing these dropdown menus? >> >> -- >> Suzanne S. Barnhill >> Microsoft MVP (Word) >> Words into Type >> Fairhope, Alabama USA >> http://word.mvps.org >> >> "pegasus" <pegasus[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:1E34BA12-34B6-4482-881F-460A48A2A5A8[ at ]microsoft.com... >> > In Word 2003 I find the 'background color' and 'line color' drop-down >> > menus >> > greyed out, on a document shared by others (but which I can edit) - >> > this >> > means that I cannot remove highlighting before moving the document on >> > to >> > an >> > outside user. How do I get that functionality back? >> > >> >> >> >