Wordpad formatting: Why no color option when adjusting a large area?

[Will]

When I highlight a few lines I can adjust the color. When I highlight a lot, say half a page, the color option vanishes. I can
still adjust the fonts OK. Yet sometimes the color is there when a multi-page document is highlighted. Anybody know about this? I
Googled without success. And is there any way of controlling the color of the background in Wordpad? Can I change the color in
Word, then see it in Wordpad I wonder? Or any other program? I love working with Wordpad - so quick and efficient but working on a
white background is tedious on the eyes. I love light gray. So nice and soothing. Using black text of course.

 

[M.I.5¾]

When I highlight a few lines I can adjust the color. When I highlight a
lot, say half a page, the color option vanishes. I can
still adjust the fonts OK. Yet sometimes the color is there when a
multi-page document is highlighted. Anybody know about this? I Googled
without success. And is there any way of controlling the color of the
background in Wordpad? Can I change the color in Word, then see it in
Wordpad I wonder? Or any other program? I love working with Wordpad - so
quick and efficient but working on a white background is tedious on the
eyes. I love light gray. So nice and soothing. Using black text of
course.

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[Will]

When I highlight a few lines I can adjust the color. When I highlight a

If you wish to post to more than 1 newsgroup then cross post rather than
multi post. That way all answers will appear in all newsgroups.

I know....but I corrected an error in the first post on the second. And since I can't edit the first post....