Changing text color in word atomation

Mehmet Fatih

2y767C#

I want to make the text color of the x sign red. I have tried this oWord.Selection.Font.ColorIndex = Word.WdColorIndex.wdRed; but it didn't work.

if (fieldName == "K")
{
myMergeField.Select();
oWord.Selection.TypeText("X"); // I want to make the x sign red

oWord.Selection.Font.ColorIndex = Word.WdColorIndex.wdRed;
}

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Jayraj Chhaya2y ago
Accepted answer
To change the text color in Word automation using C#, you can use the Font.Color property instead of Font.ColorIndex. The Color property allows you to specify the color directly, while the ColorIndex the property uses predefined color indexes.

Here's an updated version of the code that should work:
```
if (fieldName == "K")
{
    myMergeField.Select();
    oWord.Selection.TypeText("X");   // I want to make the "X" sign red

    oWord.Selection.Font.Color = Word.WdColor.wdColorRed;
}
```
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Mehmet Fatih2y ago
Thanks both of you. They worked for me.
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kishanvaghela2y ago

using Word = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word; 


if (fieldName == "K") 
{ 
myMergeField.Select(); 
oWord.Selection.TypeText("X");
oWord.Selection.Font.Color = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdColor.wdColorRed; 
}