Text Color in Graphics Mode Is Not Bright White
  
PSS ID Number: Q101837
Article last modified on 11-03-1994
 

 

 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Word for MS-DOS, version 6.0
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SUMMARY
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In graphics mode in Word 6.0 for MS-DOS, text color (instead of being
bright white) is gray or low white on a color display adapter such as
VGA or EGA.
 
In previous versions of Word, text color in graphics mode is high
(bright) white. By contrast, on monochrome or 2-color displays, the
text color in graphics mode is still bright white, as in previous
versions of Word.
 
WORKAROUNDS
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 - Select a different window background color that provides greater
   contrast with the low white text color. To change colors, choose
   Preferences from the View menu and then choose the Colors button.
 
   -or-
 
 - Use the Cool_Colors.mac macro, supplied with Word in the MACRO.GLY
   file, to change the screen color settings to black text and white
   window background.
 
   -or-
 
 - If you have a VGA or EGA video display, text appears in bright white
   in graphics mode if you switch to the Monochrome Color Set setting
   in the View Preferences Colors dialog box. The drawback to this
   workaround is that Word runs in only two colors on a system that is
   capable of more colors.
 
   -or-
 
 - Modify the Word program file (WORD.EXE) using the BYTEFIX utility
   so Word automatically displays text color in graphics mode as
   bright white. To use BYTEFIX, follow the instructions in the
   following section or obtain the Application Note "DW0892: Switching
   to Bright  White Text Color in Graphics Mode," which contains an
   MS-DOS batch file that performs this procedure for you. For more
   information on how to obtain this Application Note, query on the
   word DW0892 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.
 
Using the BYTEFIX Utility to Modify WORD.EXE
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The following procedure uses the BYTEFIX utility to modify WORD.EXE so
Word automatically displays text color in graphics mode as bright white:
 
1. Copy the following files file from the Word Setup disk to the Word
   program directory on your hard disk (for example, C:\WORD6DOS).
 
   Note: If you are using the 360K disk set, WDBF.EX$ is on the Program 1
   disk.
 
      WDBF.EX$
      SETUP.EXE
      WORD55.INF
 
2. At the MS-DOS command prompt, change to the Word program directory
   by typing the following and then pressing ENTER
 
      cd \<destination>
 
   where <destination> is the path to your Word program directory. For
   example, if your Word program directory is C:\WORD6DOS, type the
   following command:
 
      cd \c:\word6dos
 
3. To decompress the Word BYTEFIX utility, type the following at the
   MS-DOS command prompt and then press ENTER:
 
      SETUP /d WDBF.EX$
 
4. To run the BYTEFIX utility, type the following commands at the
   MS-DOS command prompt. Press ENTER after each line.
 
      WDBF WORD.EXE 880 10 "38 55"
      WDBF WORD.EXE 4104 145 "61 249 198 195"
      WDBF WORD.EXE 72333 64 "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0"
      WDBF WORD.EXE 190914 196 "113 108"
      WDBF WORD.EXE 559908 67 "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0"
      WDBF WORD.EXE 998037 118 "165 147"
 
The WORD.EXE file is now patched so the text color in graphics mode is
bright white.
 
REFERENCES
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"Using Microsoft Word," version 6.0, pages 58-59, 84, 91-92
 
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