Table of Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- WHAT IS A FONT OR TEXT COLOR IN GOOGLE DOCS?
- WHY DO WE NEED TO CHANGE TEXT COLOR IN GOOGLE DOCS ?
- HOW TO CHANGE TEXT COLOR IN GOOGLE DOCS?
- WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT WAYS TO SET THE TEXT COLOR IN GOOGLE DOCS?
- HOW TO TYPE THE DOCUMENT IN THE TEXT COLOR OF YOUR CHOICE?
- CHANGE THE TEXT COLOR IN GOOGLE DOCS AFTER THE DOCUMENT IS CREATED
- USING MULTIPLE FONT COLORS IN THE GOOGLE DOCS DOCUMENT
INTRODUCTION
In this article, we’ll learn something very easy but frequently used action which is the way to change text color in google docs.
Google Docs is the word processor provided by Google totally free of cost for the individuals.
In addition to the foolproof sharing options, Google Docs offers a lot of other options too.
Every word processor should have some basic functionalities like handling the text , its color , size and more. Google Docs have them all.
We’ll be discussing one of such formatting features of Google Docs.
WHAT IS A FONT OR TEXT COLOR IN GOOGLE DOCS?
Let us first understand what a font or text color is.
FONT or TEXT color is simply the color of the Text which is being used in any document.
The text or font color of this text is black.
The text or font color of this text is green.
The text or font color of this text is Grey.
WHY DO WE NEED TO CHANGE TEXT COLOR IN GOOGLE DOCS ?
There are many occasions when we need to change text color in google docs.
Few of them can be one of the following.
We need to change text color in google docs when-
- We want to highlight the text to show something special or important.
- We want to classify some information.
- you need to change the text color to complement the background color which is different from the default color white.
- You love to use any color just for aesthetic need.
HOW TO CHANGE TEXT COLOR IN GOOGLE DOCS?
We can simply use the options available for font or text color change simply.
WHERE TO FIND THE OPTION TO CHANGE COLOR IN GOOGLE DOCS?
The TEXT or FONT color change option is available in the STANDARD TOOLBAR as shown with a blue square in the picture below.
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT WAYS TO SET THE TEXT COLOR IN GOOGLE DOCS?
We can set the text color in mainly two ways.
- Set the text color before creating a document.
- Change text color in google docs after the document is already created.
HOW TO TYPE THE DOCUMENT IN THE TEXT COLOR OF YOUR CHOICE?
Let us first learn to change the FONT COLOR before we have created a document.
If we haven’t created the document yet, it is we can set the font color easily using the following steps.
- Open the document.
- Click on the page.
- Go to TEXT COLOR ICON and click it.
- Choose the color from the COLOR PALETTE.
- The color will reflect in the icon itself.
- Start creating the document.
The following animation shows the process.
CHANGE THE TEXT COLOR IN GOOGLE DOCS AFTER THE DOCUMENT IS CREATED
If we have already created the document, we can change the font or text color in the following steps.
- Select the complete text or you can simply press CTRL+A. [ CTRL+A is better if you have many pages ]
- Go to the toolbar and click the TEXT COLOR icon.
- The Color palette will open.
- Choose the color.
- Click OK.
- The color of the complete text will be changed.
The following animation shows the process.
USING MULTIPLE FONT COLORS IN THE GOOGLE DOCS DOCUMENT
We can also use many font colors in the same document.
Follow the steps to use many font or text colors in Google Docs document.
- Open the document.
- If you already have created the document [ If the document already contains the text which needs to be text color changed]
- Simply select the text which needs one color.
- Go to STANDARD TOOL BAR.
- Click on the TEXT COLOR ICON.
- Select the color from the color palette.
- The selected text will contain the color selected.
- Now select the second portion of the text and again repeat the process.
- You can repeat the process as many different colors you need in the document.
The process is shown below in the animation.
In this article we learnt about setting the font or text color in Google Docs.