Font Size/Face/ Change Color

[chinchilla.nikki]

It's me again!!  I'm going to learn things yet!  When you post a topic or reply to one sometimes it is nice to be able to change letters & colors, etc.  I have tried changing them, but they don't stay to what I have selected.  What is the procedure for doing this?  I know in my e-mail,when you want to this, you need to type something, then highlight it, then choose what you want, then backspace & get rid of the highlighted word & what you have chosen will stay when you begin to type.  Can someone help me with this??      JANE

[chinclub]

Hi Jane,
Its tough to do it when you type in the click reply box at the bottom of each page.  However when you start a topic or if you click the reply button you are taken to a screen that has buttons above the typing box for Bold and italic and dropdown menus for Font, size, and color.  When you select one such as color you will see a weird code appear in the box where you type.  it will look something like this:(color=purple)(/color)

(color=purple) starts the purple color so you want to start typing there. (/color) ends the purple color.  So if you type:

(color=purple) Hello (/color) you get:

Hello

Actually I had to change the code a bit so it would show up in the forum as actual code.  In real code all of the ( and ) would really be [ and ]

[chinchilla.nikki]

Well, here goes.  Right now it is black.  Don't know if it will change on preview or when I actually post it.  Should I be seeing it now as I type?  Sure doesn't look Navy, but I'll play with it some more.   Thanks--JANE

[chinchilla.nikki]

::highfive::Well, it looked Navy after I posted it, so I guess that is when the color shows up.  All those choices look confusing, but I'll work some more on it.  Thanks again--JANE

[chinchilla.nikki]

 :doh:Not sure why my high five didn't come up, though. Maybe cause I need to hit save at the bottom?   Never mind everyone.  Sometimes I am my own comedy show!!  Thanks to you all.
     JANE

[chinchilla.nikki]

Hello again--I've gotten around to trying again on this letter thing.  I think I understand the color, but how do you get the font face, bold, italicized, etc. to stay?  I guess what I want to know is how do you use color & bold, etc. together?   Thanks for all your help.
                               JANE