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<FONT COLOR="#000000">[sorry, unable to avoid HTML right now, th017806.txt attached]</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Uwe Ziegenhagen <ziegenhagen@gmail.com> wrote 2011/06/30 13:01:43:</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> 2011/6/30 Paul Stanley <paulrichardstanley@gmail.com></FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> how would one colour selected parts of the text?</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> [...]</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> i would be grateful for suggestions of suitable colours for the purpose.</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Well, colouring text is pretty easy using \textcolor{red}{Some red text}, </FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> given you loaded the xcolor package.</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">\textcolor{red} works with the color package already, not needing xcolor.</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Appropriate colours can be difficult, if you are picky. </FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">It may make a difference whether it is for printing or for screen. </FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">You may need to know about colour models, or just advice from a </FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">graphical designer (hope the one I am thinking of reads this). </FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">xcolor.pdf, the documentation of the xcolor package, </FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">indeed may be an introduction into the field.</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">The xcolor package offers a quite complete range of named colors </FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">known from other applications, displayed in sample boxes.</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Well, if it is just for revisions, `red' from the color package may suffice. </FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Are you aware that there are other methods of marking changes? </FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">The changebar package, e.g., or the changes package. </FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">I.e., you can mark changes by bars or by a background color (e.g., grey). </FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">There are also packages for more general revision notes </FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">(easy-todo, mbenotes, todonotes), </FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">you could use one of them for describing changes in the margin.</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">HTH</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Uwe.</FONT><BR>
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