Printing posts without any background color?

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**SisterSydney**

Whatever "theme" I use, even the "print-friendly" one, seems to have a background color behind the text, even if only a very pale one.... Is there a way to copy & paste into a Word file so I can print the text on a blank white page without removing other formatting?

Possibly stupidly yours,
Sydney

**dementedwombat**

Ummm...I get no background color in my word. But at any rate the "format painter" might be your friend... I love that tool for standardizing text I paste in from random sources.

**legoburner**

It varies quite a lot from browser to browser. Many will not print any background colours, some require it to be turned on, some turn it on by default. All I can advise is that you do some googling to determine settings for your particular browser I'm afraid.

**Alfndrate**

Google Chrome has an option when you print to include background colors (it's a little check box in the print dialog). You should look into that browser.

**SisterSydney**

Huh. I'm using Chrome but not trying to print directly from my browser because I don't want anything but the text.... with the italics, is the problem: otherwise I'd just strip all formatting.