Well, you learn something new every day. In case Anna's directions are too cryptic, this feature requires you to access a toolbar. To access toolbar, hit the alt key as if to activate the menu bar, then hit control+tab to access the first toolbar. On my system using Word xp, the toolbar you want is the formatting toolbar, and that is the second one, requiring a second press of control+tab until you hear 'styles and formatting.' Once you do, right arrow all the way across to the list for highlight, then down arrow to open the list. The list on my system was in multiple columns, so some left and right arrowing is possibly required to pick the color. Thanks to Anna for pointing this out, I felt perhaps more clarification was useful, and I hope it was. Dean -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx