You can pick the color of your signature or logo in most word processors and many other applications. You are generally restricted to the operating system's palette, but here are some procedures that you can use to increase the range of colors in some of the more common word processing packages:

• MS Word 97 To access other colors, you can turn your display text into WordArt to access a full spectrum of hues. In order to do this, try the following:
  1. Place the cursor where you want your fancy text to go. Then select Insert - Picture - WordArt. Word automatically switches to Page Layout view, if it was not already there.
  2. In the WordArt Gallery dialog box, choose a style for your text, then click OK. The plain style in the upper left corner works well for most headlines.
  3. In the Edit WordArt Text dialog box, choose a font and size, type your text and click OK.
  4. Drag the text to its final position in the document, then click the Format WordArt button on the WordArt toolbar.
  5. The Format WordArt dialog box will open with the Colors and Lines tab selected. In the Fill section, click the arrow next to the Color box and select More Colors from the pop-up box.
  6. In the Colors dialog box, click the Custom tab, then click in the Colors display to choose a basic color, and use the shading slider to the right to pick the exact shade you want. Look at the preview box in the lower right corner as you work. When you are satisfied, click OK.
  If you need to change these colors later, make sure you are in Page Layout view, right-click the text, and select Format WordArt from the menu.
  
  
• WordPerfect 8 WordPerfect 8 lets you add custom colors to regular text.
  1. Type your text, select it, right-click it, and then choose Font from the menu.
  2. In the Fonts dialog box, click the Text Color icon, then click More in the resulting pop-up box.
  3. In the Select Color dialog box, click a color close to the one you want in the color wheel, then click in the shading bar to get the exact color. Keep an eye on the 'Current color' box as you work.
  4. Click OK in each dialog box to apply the new color and return to the document.
  To change the color later, first select and right-click the text, then choose Font from the resulting context menu and repeat steps 3 through 5 above.
  
  
• Word Pro 97 Word Pro 97 makes it easy to choose from a wide variety of stock colors for your text, but selecting a custom color is not at all intuitive.
  1. Type your text, then select it and pick a font and font size from the status bar at the bottom of the document window.
  2. Click the Text Color button on the left side of the status bar.
  3. Hold down (Ctrl) as you click a basic color in the pop-up Color palette.
  4. In the Custom Color Selector dialog box, use the slider arrow to the right of the larger box to fine-tune your oclor selection, watching the preview box as you work. You can also change the basic color by clicking anywhere in the before moving the slider. When you are finished, click Add Color. Both of the color selection palettes will disapper, but your new custom color will not take effect yet.
  5. Click the Text Color button on the status bar again. You will find your new color at the bottom of the Color palette. Click it to apply it to your text.
  New colors added to the palette in this way will be available on the basic Color palette the next time you start Word Pro.