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From: ted@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ted Jardine)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Word 4.0 Color Options
Message-ID: <2707@ssc-vax.UUCP>
Date: 9 Jun 89 20:56:15 GMT
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From article <5324@rpi.edu>, by jtwarden@pawl.rpi.edu (Joseph T. Warden):
> At the risk of someone flaming "READ THE <> MANUAL", what is the
> extent of color support in Word 4.0? A brief perusal through the
> Table of Contents of this 455 page behemoth, suggested that color
> is available in text. But can one specify background color, in
> the manner of (dare I mention the word?) the DOS version of Word?
> 
> Thanks all.
> 
> Joseph Warden
> Department of Chemistry
> Rensselaer
> BITNET: jtwarden@rpitsmts

It appears that a small number of colors may be specified for text.
I created a color graphic using MacDraw II 1.1, pasted it into my
MS Word 4.0 text file on the Mac II, and voila!  Back to basic black
and white!!  So color is available, but only in a limited way.  If
one considers the number of color printers presently available,
especially versus the number of b&w ones, the limited way may not
be so limited.  I'd think there may be some way to mess with the
MSWD file to get color in graphics to be preserved.  Anyone have an
idea on this?

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