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Text highlighted in grey in word document (and not coming off)

Hi, 

I am having a strange issue with my microsoft word that I have not been able to figure out.

My whole text is highlighted in grey and I know its not the highlighter (I have checked that), nor the background and I can't figure out how to take it off.

When I put it in print preview it is not there anymore, but when I'm working on the document it stays grey and it is really annoying!

I have tried to clear the formatting, merge the formatting but nothing has worked. 

I just want to take this grey off. Can anyone help please?

Thank you. 

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To confirm that it is a field, press Alt+F9 to toggle on the display of field codes and see if your text is enclosed within a pair of field delimiters { }.  Use Alt+F9 again to toggle off the display of the field codes

If the text is within a field, and you do not want the text to be in a field, you can unlink the field by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+F9 when you have the selection in the text.  Otherwise, you can turn-off the field shading via File>Options>Advanced>Show document content and set the field shading to Never to turn it off completely or to When selected to show the shading when the selection is in a field.

Hope this helps,
Doug Robbins - MVP Office Apps & Services (Word)
dougrobbinsmvp@gmail.com
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Last updated December 20, 2024 Views 133,925 Applies to: