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Selecting elements in the Document window

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To clear the current color without choosing a different color, click the Default 
Colorbutton.

To open the system color picker, click the Color Wheel button. For more information, 
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Defining default text colors

Define default colors for regular text, links, visited links, and active links in the Page 
Properties dialog box, or select a preset color scheme to define the page background and text 
colors. (See 

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To define default text colors, do one of the following:

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Select Modify > Page Properties and then select colors for the Text Color, Link Color, 
Visited Links, and Active Links options.

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Select Commands > Set Color Scheme and then select a background color and a color set 
for text and links.

The sample box shows how the color scheme will look in the browser.

Related topics

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Selecting elements in the 
Document window

To select an element in the Design view of the Document window, you generally click the 
element. If an element is invisible, you must make it visible before you can select it. For more 
information about invisible elements, see 

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The active link color is the color that a link changes to while it’s being clicked. Some web 
browsers may not use the color you specify.

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If you define these settings using the Page Properties dialog box, using the default 
CSS tags, the Color Scheme command will not affect your page’s appearance. This 
is because CSS tags take priority over HTML tags.