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biff
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      8th Sep 2008
How do i change the color of the selection highlight. In the messages list
the message that you currently have selected is a different color than the
rest on the emails in the list. How do I change the color of this highlight?
 
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Diane Poremsky [MVP]
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      8th Sep 2008
You really can't. It's controlled indirectly by the windows theme/scheme.

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"biff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> How do i change the color of the selection highlight. In the messages
> list
> the message that you currently have selected is a different color than the
> rest on the emails in the list. How do I change the color of this
> highlight?


 
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Justin N, Dallas, Texas
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      26th Jan 2010
This is a real problem. Can you suggest what Windows scheme settings would
address this?
Here's the deal. I have Outlook 2003 on two computers.
On the XP Pro machine, when I highlight an email, it is blue. Then, if I
click in the preview pane to copy and paste something for example, the
highlight changes from blue to gray.
On the Windows 7 machine though, when I click into the preview pane, the
highlight changes to WHITE, which is INDISTIGUISHABLE from all the rest of
the UNselected emails. So, then I lose track of just which email I'm
previewing.

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

> You really can't. It's controlled indirectly by the windows theme/scheme.
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> "biff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:CC17BA0E-03E3-44C5-9A45-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > How do i change the color of the selection highlight. In the messages
> > list
> > the message that you currently have selected is a different color than the
> > rest on the emails in the list. How do I change the color of this
> > highlight?

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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
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      27th Jan 2010
"Justin N, Dallas, Texas" <Justin N, Dallas, (E-Mail Removed)>
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> This is a real problem. Can you suggest what Windows scheme settings would
> address this?


Right-click the desktop and choose Personalize. Find the tab that controls
how selections look and change them.
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