How can I remove the background on a form text box

[jb]

How can I remove the background on a form text box from
gray to white as when you print it and fax the background
is so dark the fax is hard to read. Help!!!!

 

[Matt Lusher \(MSFT\)]

The easiest way to control this is with the Forms toolbar. You can open the
Forms toolbar by selecting View > Toolbars > Forms (make sure there's a
checkmark next to Forms in the flyout menu). On the Forms toolbar is an icon
showing a lowercase "a" with diagonal lines around it. This is the Form
Field Shading control. Click your mouse on the text field for which you want
to remove the gray background, then click the Form Field Shading icon. Your
gray background should disappear.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

But, the background controlled by this button does not print out.

For more about online forms, follow the links at
http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/FillinTheBlanks.htm especially Dian
Chapman's series of articles.

Hope this helps,