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         <title id="tit">Changing the Color of Text</title>
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      <bookmark_value>characters; coloring</bookmark_value>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3150040" role="paragraph">Click the arrow next to the <emph>Font Color</emph> icon to activate a <link href="text/shared/00/00000001.xhp#toolbars">toolbar</link> from which you can choose from a range of colors.</paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3145120" role="paragraph">The following applies to all modules (<item type="productname">%PRODUCTNAME</item> Writer, Calc, Draw, Impress): Select the text that is to take another color, then click the color you want on the toolbar.</paragraph>

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