I tried setting full transparency, as in BackgroundColor = &c000000FF - but that doesn't seem to work. Is it possible? Jim Pitchford jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx FTC Website: http://www.bkeeney.com/products/formatted-text-control Set List Options (digest and vacation modes): www.freelists.org/list/ftcdev List Archive: www.freelists.org/archives/ftcdev Unsubscribe: Send email to ftcdev-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the subject field.