Word+Quick+Colour+Button+for+Text

Word Quick Colour Button for Text

This is a simple little tip for Microsoft Word

You can create a toolbar icon that lets you quickly apply colour to text in a document.

To implement :‐

Right click on an empty area of the Toolbar and select Customize.

Select Commands

In the left hand Categories pane scroll down the list and highlight All Commands

Then in the right pane select ‘Colour’.

Next, in the drop‐down Colour menu ( Labelled Color a USA idiosyncrasy ) ( Which is a bar at the bottom of the window)

Select your colour,

Now return to the highlighted Colour entry above, and click, drag and drop it on to your chosen location on the toolbar

An icon will be created with the name of the selected colour.

Click OK to close the Customize box.

To use it just highlight a word or block of text and click the colour button.

To remove the button just right click the toolbar again and select Customize, you can now click on the button and drag it off the toolbar and it will disappear.