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 About mIRC Colors
Note:-
Under a 256 color display the orange color, number
7, appears light brown or even olive green instead
of orange.
How To Type Colored Text
With
mIRC 4.7 and over
you can write colored text.
Use the
Ctrl
and
K
keys for colored text.
The image
at the top shows the color codes, e.g. 0 is white...and
15 is gray.
This is how you do it
- Press and
hold down
Ctrl
, then
press the
K key
, release
Ctrl
and
K
keys.
You
should see
a small black box.
 If you are using
- mIRC 5.3 the color Index will popup showing you each colour and it's associated number so you don't have to memorize them.
- mIRC 5.4 the color Index will popup and if you click on a color, the code will be inserted for you.
You can disable the color code index from File\Options\Extras
(Uncheck the third box).
Next to the box
type
any number from 0 to 15, followed with your text.
Then hit
enter
.
- Or
First
type
your colored text, then
highlight it
, and by
holding down
Ctrl
, press the
K
key.
You should see a small
black box
at the
beginning and end
of your text.
After the First Box type your Color number, followed
with your text.
Example
- So if you
type
Ctrl-K4Hello
You should see the following in your edit box:.
And when you
hit enter
You
will see
this:.
You can also change the background color.
The background is the area where your message is seen
in the channel window.
This is how to do it
- You can do that by typing:-
Ctrl-k(number),(number)
The
first
number is the
letter color
.
The
second
number is the
background color
. Again its a number from 0 to 15. The same as the
text color codes, e.g. 0 is white...and 15 is gray.
Example
So what are you waiting for start experimenting :)
How To Type Reversed Text
With
mIRC 4.7 and over
you can write reversed text.
Use the
Ctrl
and
R
keys for reversed text.
Reverse text means your Text color will be your Background
color and your Background color will be your Text color.
That is the Background will be black and the Text letters
white.
This is how you do it
- Press and
hold down
Ctrl
, then
press the
R key
, release
Ctrl
and
R
keys.
You
should see
a small black box.
Next to the box
type
your text. Then hit
enter
.
- Or
First
type
your colored text, then
highlight it
, and by
holding down
Ctrl
, press the
R
key.
You should see a small
black box
at the
beginning and end
of your text.
Example
- So if you
type
Ctrl-RHello
You
should see
the following in your edit box:.
And when you
hit enter
You
will see
this:.
See how easy it is :)
How To Type Bold Text
With
mIRC 4.7 and over
you can write bold text.
Use the
Ctrl
and
B
keys for bold text.
This is how you do it
- Press and
hold down
Ctrl
, then
press the
B key
, release
Ctrl
and
B
keys.
You
should see
a small black box.
Next to the box
type
your text. Then hit
enter
.
- Or
First
type
your colored text, then
highlight it
, and by
holding down
Ctrl
, press the
B
key.
You should see a small
black box
at the
beginning and end
of your text.
Example
- So if you
type
Ctrl-BHello
You
should see
the following in your edit box:.
And when you
hit enter
You
will see
this:.
It can't be easier can it? :))
How To Type Underlined Text
With
mIRC 4.7 and over
you can write underlined text.
Use the
Ctrl
and
U
keys for underlined text.
This is how you do it
- Press and
hold down
Ctrl
, then
press the
U key
, release
Ctrl
and
U
keys.
You
should see
a small black box.
Next to the box
type
your text. Then hit
enter
.
- Or
First
type
your colored text, then
highlight it
, and by
holding down
Ctrl
, press the
U
key.
You should see a small
black box
at the
beginning and end
of your text.
Example
- So if you
type
Ctrl-UHello
You
should see
the following in your edit box:.
And when you
hit enter
You
will see
this:.
As simple as that :)
How To Configure mIRC Colors
Click the 12th button on mIRC toolbar or type
Alt_ K.
To change the colour of an item
Click on the item that you want to change and you'll
see it's name appear in the listbox at the bottom.
Then click on any of the coloured squares, and you'll
see the colour of the text for that item change accordingly.
To change the background colour
Just click on the background itself and select a colour
as usual. You can also click on the background of the
editbox and the listbox to change their colours as
well.
If you don't like the changes you've made
You can either click cancel or you can click the reset
button which will reset the colours back to the default
mIRC colours.
Remember
Other people might have a background colour that's
different from yours, so what appears clearly on your
background colour might be hard to read on someone
else's, or vice versa. For example if your background
color is red, and someone uses red text, you will not
be able to read the text.
Example
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| | Tips
First
You can include
one code in another
code, e.g
Ctrl-UCtrl-Bhello
for
Underlined
and
Bold
text.
Second
If you want to
continue
a coded text with
plain text
, you should close the code, either with the same code
or with
Ctrl-O
. i.e. If you have typed
Ctrl-Uhello
and want to continue with plain text, after hello
use the
Ctrl-U
code or use the
Ctrl-O
code. The
Ctrl-O
code, strips all the codes, so it is
easier
to use , especially if you have used more then one
code at the beginning of your text.
Third
If the
first character
of your colored text is a
number
, convert the color code number to
two digits
by putting a 0 (zero) before it. E.g. if you want
to type 23-02-97 in red you should do the following
Ctrl-K0423-02-97
. But if you want to type in pink
Ctrl-K1323-02-97
, you don't need the 0 (zero), 13 is already a two
digit number. The same principle applies for background
color codes. e.g
Ctrl-K04,0123-02-97
will give you red text (04) on a black background
(01).
Fourth
Don't use the color codes in an
unknown
channel, Its very
irritating
for people if their client does not support colored
text.
Fifth
Experiment with mIRC, e.g. think of a simple alias,
lets say something like
/red /say Ctrl-K4 *1
and the next time that you want to type in red just
type /red your message here.
Sixth
Read the
mirc.hlp
,
ircintro.hlp
and
mircfaq.hlp
files. The first two should be in your mIRC directory.
You can get the latest of mircfaq.hlp or learn everything
about mIRC from any of the mirrored mIRC
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