Setting default document colors

In the Appearance tab of the Document Properties dialog box, you can specify certain colors that apply to an entire document:

Label

Description

Default

Background

The color of the document’s background

white

Text

The default color of text

black

Hyperlinks

The default color of normal hyperlinks

blue

Visited links

The default color of visited hyperlinks

purple

Active links

The default color of the activeIn Internet Explorer, the active link is the one that has the focus (it will be opened when the user presses Enter). In Netscape, the active link is the one being clicked. hyperlink

red

To change the background color, default text color, or default hyperlink colors of a document
  1. On the Document menu, go to Property, click Document, and then click the Appearance tab.
  2. For each color you want to specify, do one of the following:
    • Enter a hexadecimal color code.
    • Click the color box and select a color.
To copy the background color, default text color, and default hyperlink colors from another document
  1. On the Document menu, go to Property, click Document, and then click the Appearance tab.
  2. Click the Copy Colors From button.
  3. Find and select the document you want to copy colors from, and then click Open. (You can also enter a URL in the URL box and click Open URL.)
Related topics

Setting document scrollbar colors

Setting a document background image

Selecting colors

Setting default document colors