Version: 25.2.0.3 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: e1cf4a87eb02d755bce1a01209907ea5ddc8f069 CPU threads: 28; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (10.0 build 26100); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win Locale: en-GB (en_GB); UI: en-GB Calc: threaded The release notes for 25.2.0.3 say the following: "The colour of non-printing characters can be customised. (Heiko Tietze, TDF) tdf#80054" I thought this a great option, now I can get rid of the awful 'blue' coloured pilcrows. However, having checked and double-checked settings, nowhere can I see any possibility of changing the colour of non-printing characters. This is either a bug or by some means I am missing the setting. How do I change the colours of non-printing characters?
New control for the Writer Non-printing Characters [1] found on the Tools -> Options -> Application Colors panel got further refactoring into the new (but late) Tools -> Options -> Appearance theming framework [2]. Still working, just that it is now in the listbox of Customization items as 'Writer Non-printable characters'--as localized. You can change it in an applied Appearance theme, but at 25.2 not the default Automatic theme, already fixed [3] for 25.8 (bug 164393) Meanwhile please download and install an appearance theme, you can adjust the NPC color there. @Heiko, did you need to tweak the release note? Maybe add ref as available via the Appearance theme panel... =-ref-= [1] https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/171814 [2] https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/174835 [3] https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/179406
(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #1) > New control for the Writer Non-printing Characters [1] found on the Tools -> > Options -> Application Colors panel got further refactoring into the new > (but late) Tools -> Options -> Appearance theming framework [2]. > > Still working, just that it is now in the listbox of Customization items as > 'Writer Non-printable characters'--as localized. > > You can change it in an applied Appearance theme, but at 25.2 not the > default Automatic theme, already fixed [3] for 25.8 (bug 164393) > > Meanwhile please download and install an appearance theme, you can adjust > the NPC color there. > > @Heiko, did you need to tweak the release note? Maybe add ref as available > via the Appearance theme panel... > > =-ref-= > [1] https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/171814 > [2] https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/174835 > [3] https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/179406 "Meanwhile please download and install an appearance theme, you can adjust the NPC color there." Thank you for the vital clue. I downloaded a theme — Office 2003 Blue Theme — applied it as you suggest and that got me the option to change the NPC colour for "Writer Non-Printable Characters". I selected to change the colour to "Black" and voilà! I got black pilcrows. Oh, how wonderful, at long last! Then, and I forgot the exact steps I took to do so, I adjusted things so that I was back to my preferred colour settings for "Document Background" and "Application Background" and I was back to my own preferred settings with my own self-created theme. Then I deleted the '2003' theme I had downloaded but my settings remained the same, NPC still "Black". All solved. Wonderful! Above said I look forward to 25.8 when all of this will become useable by a fairly naïve user (like myself to be honest) without the current somewhat arcane hurdles to jump. Thank you! :0)