How to Color Your Name in Quake

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Enter Setup from the Main Menu of Quake 3.

   Then select Player.
   
   The top most option, Name, is where you want to start.
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   Step 2: Hover your mouse over the tab below Name.

   There will be an opportunity to type in a name for your player.
   
   For a test, type in your preferred name and move the mouse pointer away from it.
   
   Your chosen name will be displayed. , This will read as ^ , Leaving no spaces, immediately after typing in ^ choose a color by pressing a number key on the horizontal row of your keyboard. 0:
   Black 1:
   Red 2:
   Green 3:
   Yellow 4:
   Blue 5:
   Cyan 6:
   Pink 7:
   White 8:
   Black , You want to color the asterisk characters red, and the words 'Super' and 'Man' blue.
   
   This will read as ^1*^4Super^1*^4Man^1*.
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   Step 3: Start coloring by using this typing character: ^ To type this symbol

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   Step 4: press and hold the Shift key and at then the number 6 key

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   Step 5: in the horizontal row just below F6.

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   Step 6: Position the ^ character before the text that it to be colored.

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   Step 7: Suppose your name was *Super*Man*.

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