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  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="index#configure-gedit"/>
    <desc>Change the text and background colours in gedit.</desc>
  
    <mal:credit xmlns:mal="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="translator copyright">
      <mal:name>Zander Brown</mal:name>
      <mal:email>zbrown@gnome.org</mal:email>
      <mal:years>2020</mal:years>
    </mal:credit>
  </info>

  <title>Change the colour scheme</title>

  <p><app>gedit</app> includes several different colour schemes, allowing you to change the appearance of the main text window.</p>

  <steps>
    <title>To change the colour scheme:</title>
    <item>
      <p>Press the menu button in the top-right corner of the window and select <guiseq><gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui><gui>Font &amp; Colours</gui></guiseq>.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Choose your desired colour scheme.</p>
    </item>
  </steps>

  <p>The new colour scheme will be applied immediately.</p>

  <section id="custom-color-scheme">
    <title>Use a Custom Colour Scheme</title>
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    <p>You can also use colour schemes that have been created by others, or create and use your own colour schemes.</p>

    <p>Instructions on how to install custom colour schemes, as well as examples of colour schemes that you can download and use, are available on the <link href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GtkSourceView/StyleSchemes">gedit wiki</link>.</p>
  </section>

</page>
