Good afternoon! My organization uses letter templates for sending correspondence by mail. In these templates, there are phrases in blue text to let us know where we can edit the document. While we should be changing the font color to the default black prior to saving, we're lazy and leave the text blue. The end result is sections of our letters appearing washed out when they are printed.

When we do close out our letters for printing, all text is automatically changed to a default font size in the event that our edits or pasted-in text do not match the rest of the letter. A pop-up lets us know this is being done and prompts us to hit 'ok'. My question - Is there a way to have all text automatically changed to the default black in this same manner? If so, how can I achieve this?

Thanks in advance!
FiSH

Hi FiSH,

That would probably be a fairly simple addition to your existing code. Without seeing the code, however, I can't say exactly what that change will be. Essentially, though, all it is likely to need is the following code, or something like it, inserted at the appropriate place:
.Font.ColorIndex = wdBlack

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Paul Edstein
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