To DO COLORS with mIRC,
press the control key and the letter k together, then release, type a number
from 1 to 15, then your text. If you want to add a background color, add
a comma after the first number and type a second number for the backgrouhe
cnd like ctrl+k1,8
the colors are:
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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
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To underline, press
and hold CTRL then press U,
for Bold, press and
hold CTRL and hold B.
Ctrl+R lets you type in reverse
colors (White on Black)
To underline a single word in a sentence:
1. Type Control+U
2. Type the word you want underlined.
3. Type Control+U again.
Only text that is enclosed
by the start and end codes will be affected. You can use this method with
all of the other control codes.
The Control-K control
code is slightly different because it allows you to specify a colour number.
To colour a single word in a sentence:
1. Hit Control+K
2. Type a number between 0 and 15
3. Type the word you want colored.
4. Hit Control+K again
If you also want to change
the background colour of a word, you would need to type two numbers separated
by a comma instead of just one number. The first number is the text colour,
the second number is the background colour. The colours are just like the
above 0-15 chart!
Changing Colours
mIRC uses black text on a white
background by default because this allows coloured text to appear clearly
and crisply. However, if you find the colour scheme too bright, or if you
want something a bit more fun, you can change the text and background,
as well as other specific types of text eg. your own messages, to other
colours.
To change the colour settings,
select the Colours dialog from the Tools Menu. It will pop up and show
you the different types of messages in their current colour settings.
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To change the colour of an
item, just click on it 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.
To customize the colour of
one of the colour boxes, just click your right mouse button on it and a
custom colour dialog will pop up allowing you to choose a new colour for
it.
Once you've finished making
changes, click on the Ok button, and hey presto you should now feel a bit
more colorful!
