Change the Color of Text

You can change the color of text to emphasize and distinguish information and to make your documents easier to read.

Step

Mouse actions

Keyboard actions

In the Outlook item:

Select the text you want to change.

Note: If the Formatting toolbar is not displayed, select the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then select Formatting.

In the Outlook item:

Select the text you want to change by placing the cursor at the beginning of the text, pressing SHIFT, and then pressing the arrow keys until all of the text is highlighted.
Move to the Formatting toolbar by pressing ALT, then pressing CTRL+TAB.

Note: If the Formatting toolbar is not displayed, open the View menu by pressing ALT+V, select Toolbars by pressing T, move to Formatting by pressing the arrow keys, and then press ENTER to select it.

On the Formatting toolbar:

Select Font Color.

On the Formatting toolbar:

Move to the Font Color button by pressing TAB.
Open the Font Color palette by pressing the DOWN ARROW key.

In the Font Color palette:

Select the color you want.

Note: This procedure is not available in messages if you use plain text as your message format.

In the Font Color palette.

Select the color you want by pressing the arrow keys.
Press ENTER.

Note: This procedure is not available in messages if you use plain text as your message format.