Forum Discussion
Text Box - Changing font color
alanhodgsonYep I also like to use black page background a lot and I really don't like we can't do this!
Depending on how long the Text is don't forget you can also use a Measure and/or concatenate with Format(....
However I agree this is an option that should have existed by now!
Good Luck! :smileyhappy:
Hello all,
I know it's been quite some time but I would like to add a solution to this problem since I was having it and this topic was the first one that showed up - it might help someone else 🙂
My solution to this is to "Create a Shape" on the "Insert tab".
After creating the shape (I always use a rectagle for this), go the "Format" panel to your right and click on "Shape"
Scroll down to the "Style" dropdown list and you will see a "Text" box to insert data.
There you can add whatever text you want, format the background of the shape, format the font color, size and overall positioning.
Thanks for bumping this old topic, because it did indeed help someone else! I've used this exact trick before for changing the background color of a shape, but somehow I couldn't make the connection that I could do the same for conditional font colors. Now I've got a nifty text box that magically appears when certain dates are selected. Cheers!
