How do I change background colour in text box on a template?

[Guest]

I have a letter head template but want to change the background colour in a
text box to match the rest of the colour scheme (which I have changed) is
there anyway I can do this?

TIA

 

[Stefan Blom]

Do the following: Make sure the cursor is in the text box. On the
Format menu, click Text Box. Click the Colors and Lines tab. Under
"Fill", specify a color, and then click OK.

 

[Guest]

I have tried this and it still comes up with the original colour.

 

[Guest]

You first need to open the actual template (.dot) file, itself.

Assuming the template is not password protected, you can then change
anything you want as you would in any other Word doc.

Alternative: Create a new doc based on the template, make your changes to it
and then Save As a .dot - use the same name as the original to replace it or
use a different name to create a second file.

HTH |:>)

 

[Stefan Blom]

Oh, you want to change the *default* fill color for text boxes. Then
you have to open your template as a document (via File>Open), create a
text box, specify the desired settings and make these the default.

Note that there is no way to specify default settings just for text
boxes. Instead, your changes applies to all autoshapes (including
callouts and arrows, for example). Anyway, here is how to do it: With
the cursor in the text box, click Draw on the Drawing toolbar. Click
Set AutoShape Defaults.

After you have changed the defaults, you can delete the text box in
the template (unless of course you actually want one there). Finally,
save and close the file.