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outline
About this tag
The outline tag on WindowsForum.com covers user questions about visual outlines in Windows, including desktop icon text that appears as an outline instead of solid, the dotted selection outline on the desktop, and a persistent selection outline in Windows Explorer that remains after deselecting items. One thread also discusses rearranging pages in Microsoft Word, where outlines may relate to page layout. These discussions focus on troubleshooting visual appearance and behavior of outlines in the Windows interface and applications.
Ah, Microsoft Word—the jack-of-all-trades for word processing. It’s that software that's equally reviled and revered, powering homework, business proposals, and the Great American Novel since, well, forever. But oh, the agony when you realize that Word isn’t a fan of autonomous page rearranging...
Anyone know how to change the outline of the selected area on the desktop from the dots that are about a pixel apart to a solid color. I went into the advanced color settings, to selected items, and changed that color to what I wanted it to be, but the outline for selecting an area is still the...
I have this problem. When im in a folder and select a item then click on the white bit or elsewhere the item will deselect but i have this outline of the select thing still there.
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Where i circled is the problem. It's in everything including control panel. Just not desktop. Why?