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a text line can only configure to the end of that line by default - it has no idea how far out to go otherwise, unless you tell it...

I just selected all the text and then went through the steps I posted earlier [selecting a red] and it worked:

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maybe the original is a mish-mash of colourbar right clicks....

humm - you could have run up against one of the issues mentioned, acorn is an expert here not me

if you post up a xar file that contains [just] a text box showing this behaviour we can check it

you are welcome :)

I can't comment on the reported issues as I only use it for making notes for myself in a xar file and so far it has worked for me

right click in the text box and select paragraph border and background settings

click on the edit button opposite the bacground colour option which will open the colour editor

in the colour...