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Title: Font Size/Face/ Change Color
Post by: chinchilla.nikki on April 26, 2008, 09:42:43 AM
It's me again!!  I'm going to learn things yet!  When you post a topic or reply to one sometimes it is nice to be able to change letters & colors, etc.  I have tried changing them, but they don't stay to what I have selected.  What is the procedure for doing this?  I know in my e-mail,when you want to this, you need to type something, then highlight it, then choose what you want, then backspace & get rid of the highlighted word & what you have chosen will stay when you begin to type.  Can someone help me with this??    :D  JANE
Title: Re: Font Size/Face/ Change Color
Post by: chinclub on April 28, 2008, 06:26:28 AM
Hi Jane,
Its tough to do it when you type in the click reply box at the bottom of each page.  However when you start a topic or if you click the reply button you are taken to a screen that has buttons above the typing box for Bold and italic and dropdown menus for Font, size, and color.  When you select one such as color you will see a weird code appear in the box where you type.  it will look something like this:(color=purple)(/color)

(color=purple) starts the purple color so you want to start typing there. (/color) ends the purple color.  So if you type:

(color=purple) Hello (/color) you get:

 Hello

Actually I had to change the code a bit so it would show up in the forum as actual code.  In real code all of the ( and ) would really be [ and ]
Title: Re: Font Size/Face/ Change Color
Post by: chinchilla.nikki on April 28, 2008, 05:36:23 PM
Well, here goes.  Right now it is black.  Don't know if it will change on preview or when I actually post it.  Should I be seeing it now as I type?  Sure doesn't look Navy, but I'll play with it some more.   Thanks--JANE
Title: Re: Font Size/Face/ Change Color
Post by: chinchilla.nikki on April 28, 2008, 05:40:33 PM
::highfive::Well, it looked Navy after I posted it, so I guess that is when the color shows up.  All those choices look confusing, but I'll work some more on it.  Thanks again--JANE
Title: Re: Font Size/Face/ Change Color
Post by: chinchilla.nikki on April 28, 2008, 05:42:48 PM
 :doh:Not sure why my high five didn't come up, though. :::((( Maybe cause I need to hit save at the bottom?   ::highfive:: Never mind everyone.  Sometimes I am my own comedy show!!  Thanks to you all.
     JANE
Title: Re: Font Size/Face/ Change Color
Post by: chinchilla.nikki on May 03, 2008, 11:09:14 AM
Hello again--I've gotten around to trying again on this letter thing.  I think I understand the color, but how do you get the font face, bold, italicized, etc. to stay?  I guess what I want to know is how do you use color & bold, etc. together?   Thanks for all your help.
                               JANE :blush2: