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<?tic>
Description
Sets the normal color of text.
 
Example 523. Set the color of text using a percentage value
The example below will set the color of the text to 80% grey.
<?tic=80%>Grey text<?tic>...
To activate this setting via macro, use:
tic 80%
Syntax
<?tic color:c?>
<?tic>
[no parameter]
Invoke the Text - color dialog box.
color
The color of the text: the color value can be entered in a number of different ways:
Red
Color
100/55 Red
Tint: this example will set the color to a 55% tint of the default color book color "Red".
50% Red
Percentage brightness: in this example, 50% Red from Registration.
#FFFFFF
Hexadecimal RGB color
PANTONE_ E_334-7_ CVP
A new color chosen from one of the color books: can only be applied to text once this chosen color has been defined in the document.
Additional Information
Setting the value of color to none makes the body of each character transparent, and the characters appear in outline only.