How can I remove the background on a form text box

How can I remove the background on a form text box from
gray to white as when you print it and fax the background
is so dark the fax is hard to read. Help!!!!

The easiest way to control this is with the Forms toolbar. You can open the
Forms toolbar by selecting View Toolbars Forms (make sure there's a
checkmark next to Forms in the flyout menu). On the Forms toolbar is an icon
showing a lowercase "a" with diagonal lines around it. This is the Form
Field Shading control. Click your mouse on the text field for which you want
to remove the gray background, then click the Form Field Shading icon. Your
gray background should disappear.

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Matt Lusher
Microsoft Corporation
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"jb" wrote in message
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How can I remove the background on a form text box from
gray to white as when you print it and fax the background
is so dark the fax is hard to read. Help!!!!

But, the background controlled by this button does not print out.

For more about online forms, follow the links at
http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian
Chapman's series of articles.

Hope this helps,
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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Matt Lusher (MSFT)" wrote in message
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The easiest way to control this is with the Forms toolbar. You can open
the
Forms toolbar by selecting View Toolbars Forms (make sure there's a
checkmark next to Forms in the flyout menu). On the Forms toolbar is an
icon
showing a lowercase "a" with diagonal lines around it. This is the Form
Field Shading control. Click your mouse on the text field for which you
want
to remove the gray background, then click the Form Field Shading icon.
Your
gray background should disappear.

--
Matt Lusher
Microsoft Corporation
Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers
no rights.

"jb" wrote in message
...
How can I remove the background on a form text box from
gray to white as when you print it and fax the background
is so dark the fax is hard to read. Help!!!!