How to adjust the contrast in my messages
Use accessible font color – To ensure that text displays well in High Contrast mode, use the Automatic setting for font colors by doing the following:
- Select your text.
- Select Message > Font Color.
- Select Automatic.
Use plain Backgrounds for Text
The use of busy, graphic backgrounds for text is popular now but it renders text very difficult to read, in many cases. Plain backgrounds, preferably of off white, cream, ivory, yellow or pink are best for reading black text.
How to create headings in my messages
Use built-in styles to create Headings
- Select the text you wish to use as a heading.
- On the Format Text tab, in the Styles group, select a heading style, for example, Heading 1 or Heading 2.
You can also use key commands to create the different headers i.e. ‘Alt + Control + 1’ creates a heading level 1. ‘Alt + Control + 2’ creates a heading level 2 and so forth.
If you have different heading levels (such as Major, Section, Subsection, etc.) that look different, you must use a different Style for each type of heading. You can modify Styles so that you can create the look and feel you want in your message.
Use headings in logical Order
A common sense approach to headings and sub-headings makes a document much easier to follow. Headings serve as navigational aids for readers, and help writers organize thoughts more logically than they might otherwise. For example, organize headings in the prescribed logical order. Use Heading 1, Heading 2, and then Heading 3, rather than Heading 3, Heading 1, and then Heading 2.
In addition, organize the information in your documents into small chunks. Ideally, each heading would include only a few paragraphs.