Just a guess, but it sounds like you've got field shading on. Trying going to tools, options, and on the view tab, look for field shading. You should have 3 options, always, never and when selected. Trying changing it to never. Hope this helps. Christine -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of paul z Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 8:51 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Word 2000 I have a problem with my word 2000. When I insert page numbers for any=20 documents that I am creating, the numbers show up with a gray background and=20 the number is a lighter gray. When I print the document it comes out normal.=20 The problem I have with this gray background around the page number is it is=20 very hard to read the page number. I did not have this problem before and I=20 am wondering what could I have done to cause this and what can I do to=20 change it back to what I used to be. Please any help will be appreciated. Paul ____________________________________________________________ _____ Get MSN 8 and help protect your children with advanced parental controls. =20 http://join.msn.com/?page=3Dfeatures/parental ************************************************************ * You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to=20 mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles ************************************************************ * ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************